Non-recordable electroretinogram in siderosis bulbi might not indicate poor visual outcome.

Ocular Trauma Score in Siderosis Bulbi With Retained Intraocular Foreign Body.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristic and visual outcome of siderosis bulbi with retained intraocular foreign body (IOFB) and to validate the predictive value of the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) in siderosis bulbi. Certain numerical values rendered to the OTS variables at present were summated (Table 1) and converted into 5 OTS categories as performed in the OTS ...

Transformation and cytotoxicity of iron in siderosis bulbi.

Ocular tissues from two enucleated and one trabeculectomized human eyes with siderosis bulbi were studied by electron microscopy. Ferritin particles were demonstrated in various cell types of the three eyes. Other types of iron were not identifiable. The ferritin particles were scattered throughout the cytoplasm, with a few particles in the nucleus and extracellular space. More ferritin particl...

Experimental ocular siderosis in the squirrel monkey.

An iron-containing foreign body retained in the eye may result in siderotic damage to several ocular structures. When the retina is sufficiently damaged, the electroretinogram (ERG) becomes non-recordable. The pathogenesis of retinal damage has not been com­ pletely studied, and available histopathologic material is mainly of end-stage retinal le­ sions in eyes that were damaged severely enough...

Siderosis bulbi.

[Siderosis bulbi. Clinical presentation of a case of three years from onset].

CASE REPORT The clinical and functional characteristics of a 30 years-old patient with three years-evolution siderosis bulbi are described in this paper, as well as the treatment using phacoemulsification and vitrectomy for the elimination of the metallic remains. DISCUSSION In spite of the fact that the majority of the intraocular foreign bodies (IOFB) have a dangerous immediate effect, in c...