Siderosis bulbi resulting from an intralenticular foreign body.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of siderosis bulbi that resulted from a small intralenticular foreign body.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 36-year-old man with normal visual acuity and a peripheral intralenticular iron foreign body in the left eye was treated conservatively. Nine weeks after the injury, he had ocular signs of siderosis bulbi, with changes in the electroretinogram. A clear lens aspiration with removal of the foreign body was performed. After removal of the iron foreign body, no progression or regression of the ocular signs of siderosis bulbi has occurred, and the electroretinogram has not changed over a 2-year period.


CONCLUSIONS
Even in the presence of good vision, a patient with an intralenticular ferrous foreign body should be followed closely, and the foreign body should be removed before irreversible siderosis bulbi occurs.
O'Duffy
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Oxford Eye Hospital, Radcliffe Infirmary, England.
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D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004596:Electroretinography; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology; D012806:Siderosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007501:Iron