title: An unusual intaocular foreign body.
abstract: An unusual foreign body in a 60-year-old man with ocular siderosis is described. A surgical needle was found in the eye after magnetic resonance imaging was performed for cerebral ischemia. As a general precaution in patients who have undergone any kind of surgery, it might be better to perform a plain x-ray before performing magnetic resonance imaging to identify such foreign bodies.
authors.affiliation: Eye Department, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bifani
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Della Corte
authors.forename: Gennarfrancesco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iaccarino
mesh_terms: D005123:Eye; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012806:Siderosis / Q000150:complications; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014463:Ultrasonography