Orbital Foreign Body and Ruptured Globe From Needlefish Impalement

Restoration of Vision After Surgical Removal of an Intraocular Needlefish Jaw

“…1 In contrast to our case, all previously reported cases were blinded by their injury. [1][2][3] The needlefish beak can fragment after penetration of skin and cause damage far from the entry point. 6 Radiographically, the jaw appears as two semiparallel lines of opacity.…”

“…[1][2][3] Case Report A 38-year-old man presented to the University of Ottawa Eye Institute with marked sudden vision loss after he was struck in the right eye by a small flying object while swimming in the ocean off the coast of Haiti 6 days earlier. The vision loss occurred immediately after the injury, but the man elected to complete his vacation before seeking treatment in Canada, despite being advised otherwise by a local Haitian optometrist.…”

Penetrating injury of the maxilla by needlefish jaws

“…One of them resulted in death due to a carotid-cavernous fistula (McCabe et al, 1978). The second report describes a retrobulbar trajectory that caused a penetrating globe injury and damaged orbital contents (Thakker and Usha, 2006).…”

“…However, human injuries, particularly those caused by needlefish, are common in Oceania (Barss, 1982;Labbe et al, 1995) and were also reported from Hawaii (McCabe et al, 1978), India (Thakker and Usha, 2006), the Red Sea (Bendet et al, 1995) and the American (Link et al, 1999) and European (Kerkhoffs et al, 2003) coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. Such injuries can be hazardous and indeed at least 13 fatal cases have already been reported (McCabe et al, 1978;Barss, 1982).…”

Two Cases of Penetrating Abdominal Injury From Needlefish Impalement

“…The majority of reported cases of injuries from needlefish ( Figure 1) have been in Oceania, particularly the New Caledonian lagoon region (3,4). Scattered reports worldwide have come from Hawaii, India, Israel, and the Red Sea, as well as the American and European Atlantic coasts (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). The injuries can be critical or even fatal (5).…”