Antimony Intraocular Foreign Body with an Intact Electroretinogram

Antimony Intraocular Foreign Body with an Intact Electroretinogram.

R.N.K.: Consultant e Genentech, Inc.; Regeneron; Allergan; Financial support e Allergan; Regeneron; Advisory board e Genentech, Inc.; Lecturer e Genentech, Inc.; Regeneron P.U.D.: Consultant e Genentech, Inc.; Alcon (Fribourg, Switzerland); Alimera (Alpharetta, GA); Allergan; Aerpio (Cincinnati, OH); Novartis (Basel, Switzerland) S.G.: Employee e Genentech, Inc. L.H.: Employee e Genentech, Inc....

Iraq-Iran War-related Intraocular Foreign Body Injuries in Veterans

According to military documents, the incidence of ocular injuries significantly increases. Intraocular foreign body (IOFB) is one of the ocular damages that seriously threats vision. Many ocular injuries occurred in a war between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988. The aim of the present study was to review ocular damages made by IOFB in this war, different methods of treatment and their prognosis.

Overlooked retained intraocular foreign body.

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 ...

'Lost' contact lens presenting as an intraocular foreign body.

Perfluoro-n-octane mimicking an intraocular foreign body

Retained intraocular foreign body (IOFB) is a major cause of visual loss following open globe injuries. Detecting the presence and accurate localization of IOFB in the setting of an open globe injury remains a challenge. There can be various mimics of intraocular IOFB on imaging including air, ocular calcifications, etc. Here, we describe a case of open globe injury wherein a retained perfluoro...