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Foreign body intra crystalline

Poster Details

First Author: A.Khalid MOROCCO

Co Author(s): S. Belghmaidi   R. Oukassou   I. Hajji   A. Moutaouakil           

Abstract Details

Purpose:

Eye trauma is the leading cause of vision loss in people under 40 years of age. Workplace accidents play an important role in ophthalmic emergencies. The presence of intraocular foreign body is a factor that will potentiate the complications and darken the functional prognosis, hence the interest of prevention

Setting:

In the literature few cases of intra-crystalline foreign body have been reported, they represent 3 - 4% of intraocular foreign bodies.

Methods:

We present the clinical case of a patient who presented to ophthalmic emergencies for an intra-crystalline foreign body.

Results:

A 38-year-old man with no previous history consults for a 4-day ocular trauma following the projection of a metallic particle. Visual acuity is with hand movements. At the slit lamp, there is a sealed corneal wound of about 2 mm, a total white cataract with 2 intra-crystalline particles, the rest of the examination of the anterior segment is without other abnormalities. The radiological assessment (radiography and orbital tomodensitometry) revealed an intra-crystalline foreign body of millimeter size and metal density. The patient is hospitalized, He benefited from phacoemulsification with extraction of the foreign body

Conclusions:

Foreign intra-crystalline bodies are rare. They can go unnoticed when they are small. Their diagnosis is based on the radiological assessment when they are associated with a cataract. The electroretinogram is necessary in the presence of a metallic foreign body. Extraction of the foreign body is not always indicated.

Financial Disclosure:

None