title: Suspected endothelial pencil graphite deposition.
abstract: A 14-year-old male patient had an ocular trauma with a pencil. Biomicroscopic examination revealed a broken part of pencil into the cornea. Foreign body removal and corneal wound closure were performed in the same day. After corneal repair, there was a grade 4+ anterior chamber reaction just like in preoperative examination. Dilated examination showed a very small piece broken tip of pencil on the upper nasal quadrant of the lens. A small and linear deposition was also seen on endothelial surface. Endothelial deposition and foreign body disappeared with intensive topical steroid treatment.
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University, Ophthalmology Department, Korfez Mah, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bulvarı, No. 84/15, Atakum, 55100 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University, Ophthalmology Department, Korfez Mah, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bulvarı, No. 84/15, Atakum, 55100 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ertuğrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Can
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University, Ophthalmology Department, Korfez Mah, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bulvarı, No. 84/15, Atakum, 55100 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem Eşki
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Yücel
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University, Ophthalmology Department, Korfez Mah, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bulvarı, No. 84/15, Atakum, 55100 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niyaz
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University, Ophthalmology Department, Korfez Mah, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bulvarı, No. 84/15, Atakum, 55100 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil İbrahim
authors.initials: Hİ
authors.lastname: Akgün
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University, Ophthalmology Department, Korfez Mah, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bulvarı, No. 84/15, Atakum, 55100 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nurşen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arıtürk