Shashidhar S1, Usha Shree2, Mohammed Sadiqulla3, Savitha C. S4, Manasa Penumetcha5
PURPOSE: To present a case of Sclopetaria with vitreous haemorrhage due to sub conjunctival foreign body.
BACKGROUND: Sclopetaria is a severe contusion lesion of the retina, as from a shot gun pellet or BB gun; the word sclopetum, a fourteenth century italian hand gun1 . It is a term first used in German literature to describe retinochoroidal trauma secondary to high velocity projectile passing through or adjacent to the orbit.
