title: Improvement of siderotic ERG.
abstract: For fear of endophthalmitis and siderosis, ferrous intraocular foreign bodies are usually removed as soon as they are discovered; markedly reduced, siderotic ERG changes are considered permanent. We report a patient who presented with a chronically retained intravitreal foreign body and significant clinical as well as electrophysiologic signs of siderosis. Only 3 months after surgery, the ERG showed almost complete recovery. If siderosis is not present, adequate and regular follow-up examinations may in certain cases substitute for immediate removal of chronically retained intraocular foreign bodies.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Eye Foundation Hospital Combined Program in Ophthalmology, Birmingham.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Witherspoon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skalka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004596:Electroretinography; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012806:Siderosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy