A 20 year old man complains of difficulty in reading the newspaper with his right eye, three weeks after sustaining a gun shot injury to his left eye. The most likely diagnosis is –
Correct Answer: Sympathetic ophthalmitis
Description: Symptoms in sympathizing eye usually develop after 4-8 weeks of injury to exciting eye. However, it can also develop early, earliest reported case is after 9 days of injury.
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