Cataract Due To Intrascleral Metallic Foreign Body

Abstract

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 case showed a scleral foreign body may result in cataract formation most probably due to low-grade anterior uveitis even in intact globes.

Keywords

• Ocular siderosis, scleral foreign body, cataract, uveitis

Cataract Due To Intrascleral Metallic Foreign Body

Abstract

Bu çalışmada 25 yıl önce patlayıcı endüstriyel kaza geçirmiş, sağ gözünde katarakt tespit edilen 32 yaşında erkek hasta sunulmaktadır. Biyomikroskobik muayenede eski konjonktiva skar dokusunda yabancı cisim reflesi görüldü. Metalik yabancı cisim bulundu ve cerrahi olarak skleradan çıkarıldı. Bir ay sonra komplikasyonsuz fako cerrahisi ile hastanın kataraktı alındı ve göz içi lens yerleştirildi. Bu olguda intraskleral yabancı cisimin globu delmeden katarakta sebep olabileceği görülmüştür

Keywords

• Oküler siderozis, skleral yabancı cisim, katarakt, uveit

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