title: Foreign body embedded in anterior chamber angle.
abstract: Introduction. We present a case of a metallic foreign body embedded in the anterior chamber angle. After standing in close proximity to a construction worker breaking a tile, a 26-year-old woman using soft contact lens for the correction of mild myopia presented to emergency department for evaluation of a foreign body sensation of her right eye. Methods and Results. Diagnosis was confirmed by gonioscopic examination and a noncontrast CT scan of head and orbits. The foreign body was removed by an external approach without utilizing a magnet. The patient's final outcome was favorable. Discussion. The above is a rare clinical situation, which is impossible to detect on slit-lamp examination without a gonioscopic view. Proper imaging and a specific management are mandatory in order to achieve favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Baruch Padeh Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, 15208 Galilee, Israel.
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Graffi
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tiosano
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Cnaan
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bahir
authors.forename: Modi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naftali