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Intralenticular non metallic foreign body: case report

Poster Details

First Author: A.Khallouli TUNISIA

Co Author(s): A. Maalej   C. Lagneb   O. Bouazzaoui   R. Rannen           

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To report the case of a 24-year-old soldier presented with intralenticular non metallic foreign body and to provide a better understanding of clinical presentation, diagnosis and  management of patients with intralenticular foreign bodies.

Setting:

Ophthalmology department, military hospital of Tunis, Tunisia

Methods:

case report

Results:

A 24-year-old soldier was referred to our department with the complaint of blurred vision in the right eye 10 days after the projection of foreign body. Slit lamp examination revealed a closed corneal wound, a mild anterior uveitis and an intralenticular non metallic foreign body causing a total white cataract in the right eye. He underwent a phacoaspiration and removal of the foreign body .The posterior capsule was intact so we implanted an intraocular lens in the capsular bag with good visual outcome.

Conclusions:

Management of the intralenticular foreign body depends on its characteristics ,the integrity of the capsular bag and associated ocular lesion.

Financial Disclosure:

None