purpose : to present a case of missed intraorbital wooden foreign body presented as soft tissue mass case report : we introduce a case of intraorbital wooden foreign body which presented with orbital soft tissue mass two years after trauma. a plain ct was requested which revealed a foreign body in the right orbit.conclusion : it is frequently difficult to identify and localize organic intraorbi...

A survey of 198 patients (210 eyes) with intraocular or intraorbital foreign bodies is presented. Most were males between 16 and 30 years of age, and 6.1% of cases were bilateral. The commonest cause was a flying particle while using a hand hammer, followed by fragments of bomb and mine blasts. Intraorbital foreign bodies occurred in 78 eyes and intraocular foreign bodies in 132 eyes. Irreparab...

Purpose. To report a case of traumatic endophthalmitis due to Cellulosimicrobium cellulans. Design. Case report. Methods. Retrospective chart review. Results. To our knowledge, this is the first report of traumatic endophthalmitis due to C. cellulans, which did not respond to intravitreal antibiotics or repeat vitrectomy and ultimately led to the discovery of an occult intraocular foreign body....

The mechanisms of trauma resulting in IOFBs vary greatly and play a critical role in establishing the material responsible for injury. The most common place of injury is the workplace [6] and IOFBs ultimately result in 3.3% of all occupational injuries causing lost workdays [7]. Injury most commonly results from hammering (60-80% of IOFBs), but use of power tools and firearms also constitute co...

During the first half of the 20th century there was a strong controversy over the route for removal of an intraocular foreign body (IOFB) lying in the posterior segment of the eye. In the early years the anterior route was substantially the method of choice (Barkan and Barkan, 1927; Verhoeff, 1932; Duggan, I933; Trevor-Roper, i944; and others). The posterior route had been advocated by Stieren ...

The removal of metallic foreign bodies from various parts of the body is part of the daily work load of the accident and emergency department. Localization prior to removal is aided by X-rays with markers or image intensification. An alternative method involves the use of a metal locator. Metal locators have been used extensively in the removal of intraocular foreign bodies (Bronson & Turner, 1...

Purpose: To clarify the origin of a metallic intraocular foreign body (IOFB) due to a firecracker injury and to show the utility of X-ray diffraction analysis in the identification process. Methods: Interventional case report using X-ray diffraction technique. Results: We report a mechanism of firecracker ocular injury not previously described in the published literature. It involved penetratio...

The performance of an intraocular lens is determined by several factors such as the surgical technique, surgical complications, intraocular lens biomaterial and design, and host reaction to the lens. The factor indicating the biocompatibility of an intraocular lens is the behavior of inflammatory and lens epithelial cells. Hence, the biocompatibility of intraocular lens materials is assessed in...