title: Extracapsular extraction and lens implantation for cataracts with foreign bodies.
abstract: Two cases of intralenticular foreign bodies are reported. In the first, a foreign body composed of copper had been embedded in the lens for about 40 years, but had produced only a localized cataract. In the second, the foreign body, presumably composed of stone, remained undiagnosed for one and a half years. In both cases extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation was performed, which restored good visual acuity.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications