Orlando Brown, recovering from an injury to his right eye inflicted by a referee's flag, was placed on the physically unable to perform list by the Cleveland Browns yesterday.
We compared the disease course of each eye inflicted with CMV anterior uveitis before and after ganciclovir 0.15%% gel was added to the treatment regime.
Deliberate self-inflicted eye injuries are an uncommon, but serious form of self-harm [ 1], due to the potential for visual loss and blindness.
Psychodynamic theories explain self-inflicted eye injuries as a form of self-mutilation, commonly associated with altered body image, and religious or sexual ideation.
There are also many references to self-inflicted eye injuries in mythology and ancient literature, the most well known of which may be the story of Oedipus [ 5].
There is presently no published evidence on the likelihood of repetition of self-inflicted eye injuries, which could reflect the difficulties in undertaking research into such rare events.
Many mechanisms have been cited for self-inflicted eye injury, including use of the fingers in self-enucleation, blunt and sharp instruments such as pens and knives, head banging and mechanical scratching of ocular surfaces [ 4].
"Voters have inflicted two black eyes, one on the Christian Democrats, and one on Mr. Ruhe," said Franz Muntefering, the general secretary of the Social Democratic Party, his smug expression capturing its new-found confidence.
But while Maccarinelli was badly hampered by the damage inflicted to his right eye midway through the first round, Brahmer was hugely impressive as he took control from the second round onwards.
