Intraocular mass simulating a retained foreign body.
OBJECTIVE
To present an unusual case of a preretinal mass that simulated a retained metallic foreign body.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 30-year-old man presented with unilateral iridocyclitis and an ipsilateral preretinal mass with ultrasonographic and computed tomographic characteristics of a metallic foreign body. Histologic examination of the mass disclosed a central concentration of iron-containing hemoglobin breakdown products surrounded by a cocoon of fibrous tissue.


CONCLUSIONS
Blood breakdown products surrounded by a fibrous capsule can present with the characteristics of an intraocular metallic foreign body.
Division of Ophthalmology, Columbia Saint Luke's Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44104, USA.
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Barnard
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Weidenthal
D000328:Adult; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D005355:Fibrosis; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006485:Hemosiderin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012160:Retina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012806:Siderosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity
D006485:Hemosiderin; D001663:Bilirubin