A 39-year-old man consulted his ophthalmologist with severe visual loss in the left eye, one day after a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan of his shoulder. The man worked in construction and was the victim of a serious accident with rib fractures and a pneumothorax 4 months earlier. He could not remember any eye injury. The examination by his ophthalmologist showed a visual acuity of 0.1 in...

background to identify the clinical features in eyes with intraocular foreign bodies (iofbs) and evaluate the results of surgical management in these cases. material and methods in a descriptive retrospective study, the records of 32 eyes of 32 patients with iofbs were reviewed. all eyes underwent pars plana vitrectomy between april 2001 and february 2012. the iofbs were removed either with int...

conclusions ultrasound is recommended as the first choice when fb is located within the superficial soft tissues with no bone around it. in case of penetration of fb into deeper tissues or beneath bone, ct or cbct are recommended. otherwise, considering lower dose, cbct is preferred over ct. we can use mri if the fb is not ferromagnetic. however, ct is the first choice in emergency situations b...