The hammer and the eye: beware.
In reporting this small series of foreign-body injuries to the eye it is emphasized how normal an eye may appear and yet have a foreign body lurking in its anterior chamber. The patient's account of the injury may be very deceptive and an x-ray picture of the eye must be taken if a foreign body is even remotely suspected, particularly if a hammer is mentioned. Prompt diagnosis followed by well executed surgery leads to good results in these cases.
D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014792:Visual Acuity