Migration of a wooden foreign body into the lens: report of a case.
A penetrating ocular injury caused by a tree branch resulted in a small corneoscleral laceration that healed after primary repair. Post-traumatic inflammation persisted and a vitreous mass developed. The mass finally protruded through the pupil and touched the posterior cornea. Histologic examination of the enucleated eye showed that the lens had been replaced by a wooden foreign body that filled the pupillary space and was surrounded by lens capsule. No intact lens fibers remained.
D002648:Child; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011680:Pupil / Q000473:pathology; D014934:Wood