title: Vegetative intraocular foreign body of 25 years' duration.
abstract: Retained intraocular organic foreign bodies, particularly wooden bodies, are frequently encountered in ophthamlologic practice. We treated a patient with a retained intraocular foreign body--a single splinter from a broom--which had remained in the eye for 25 years.
authors.affiliation: Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Gautam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhaduri
authors.forename: Asim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014934:Wood