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Presentation of intraocular foreign body 25 years after the event
Author(s) -
McGimpsey Stuart J,
Rankin Simon JA
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01120.x
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , foreign body , foreign bodies , case presentation , ophthalmology , surgery
A bstract Delayed presentation of retained intraocular foreign body is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the ophthalmologist. Herein a case of a man presenting 25 five years after initial injury with a retained metallic foreign body adjacent to the optic disc is described.