To cite: Yeo DCM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200144 DESCRIPTION Foreign bodies in the eye can often lodge itself in the adnexae of the eye and not just in the cornea. A thorough history and examination can often aid in detecting these usually non-obvious materials. A 56-year-old woman presented with an acute red eye of a day’s duration. Sh...

INTRODUCTION The most common cause for litigation against ophthalmologists in a trauma case is a missed intraocular foreign body (IOFB). IOFBs cause internal eye damage, but some will come to rest in the posterior segment of the eye. CASE REPORT We presented a 57-year-old male who was referred to the ophthalmologist due to decreased visual acuity in his left eye. Slit lamp examination of his ...

In 1792, a priest in Germany consulted a young doctor about a buried corneal foreign body hidden in a small, hard mass that partly covered the pupil. During removal of the foreign body, the doctor inspected the corneal incision with a microscope to confirm the suspected presence of the foreign body. This may be the first use of a microscope in eye surgery.

day, however, the ophthalmoscopic picture was substantially altered. At the former site of the foreign body there was now only a fine hazy spot of exudate, the foreign body was now further forward in the eye, and could be seen to move in response to the magnet to nasal and temporal sides in turn. Two further days were spent in attempts at extraction by the electro-magnet, but without success. F...

FOREIGN bodies lodged in the eye following perforating injuries are serious ophthalmic emergencies. The retention of a foreign particle within the eye-ball may result in infection, sympathetic ophthalmitis, local irritative and chemical reaction apart from the mechanical damage caused at the time of the accident. The visual prognosis is extremely variable because of so many factors such as exte...

We report a case of a 32 year-old male with cataract in the right eye who has a history of explosive industrial accidents 25 years ago. Foreign body reflection was seen into the old conjunctival scar with slit-lamb examination. Metallic foreign body was expolored and surgically removed from the sclera. One month later, the patient underwent an uneventful cataract surgery in the right eye. This ...

Dear Editor, Intralenticular foreign bodies are uncommon after penetrating eye injuries, occurring in approximately 5% to 10% of cases [1]. They generally present with a decrease in visual acuity resulting from aggravation of a traumatic cataract. In Korea, there has been only one previous report of an intralenticular foreign body, which was retained for 6 months [2]. Several previous reports d...

the authors report three curious cases of orbital foreign body (the knob of a drawer- the point of a knife and a portion of a metallic weapon ] where despite the severity of the shock and the magnitude of the foreign bodies, the eye and the vision remained intact.