Ice Hockey and Spectators' Eye Injuries

Abstract

To the Editor: In recent years, there has been a decline in the incidence of reported ocular injuries in the sport most frequently associated with them – hockey.1 Injuries to spectators' eyes have received much less attention. We treated three patients who had been struck in the face with hockey pucks while attending ice-hockey games. A 14-year-old girl had a traumatic hyphema (blood in the anterior chamber of the eye) and nasal fracture. She recovered normal vision, but has anterior-chamber angle recession, which places her at risk for glaucoma. A 15-year-old girl had a traumatic hyphema, facial laceration, and a… © 1993, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.