Open AccessTo Treat or not to Treat? Multiple Asymptomatic Intracorneal and Subconjunctival Gunpowder Foreign Bodies
Author(s) -
Derrick André C. Dabian,
Anamaría Leguizamón-Stevenson,
Diana V. Rey-Rodríguez
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ciencia y tecnología para la salud visual y ocular/ciencia y tecnología para la salud visual y ocular
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2389-8801
pISSN - 1692-8415
DOI - 10.19052/sv.vol19.iss2.4
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , gunpowder , medicine , foreign bodies , foreign body , eye foreign body , surgery , dermatology , ophthalmology , history , archaeology
We examined a male patient with multiple corneal and conjunctival foreign bodies. The composition of the material seemed not to be toxic due to the non-inflammatory, calm appearance of the eye and the asymptomatic course. Therefore, the removal of the foreign bodies was not necessary. Currently, the patient remains asymptomatic.