title: UUnilateral corneal edema caused by a hidden foreign body.
abstract: METHODS
  A middle-aged adult male was referred to our institution due to unilateral corneal edema for a possible corneal transplant. At first, the patient denied a history of trauma. A small foreign body, which had been overlooked by the primary ophthalmologist, was detected by gonioscopy, embedded in the anterior chamber angle. It was successfully surgically removed and visual results were good.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In any patient with unilateral unexplained corneal edema, it is necessary to rule out the presence of a foreign body in the anterior chamber.
authors.affiliation: Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Floridablanca, Colombia; Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia; Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galvis
authors.affiliation: Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Floridablanca, Colombia; Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia; Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia. Electronic address: alejandrotello@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tello
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.affiliation: Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Floridablanca, Colombia; Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Laiton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Anterior chamber; Bullous keratopathy; Corneal edema; Cuerpo extraño intraocular; Cámara anterior; Edema corneal; Intraocular foreign body; Ocular trauma; Queratopatía bullosa; Trauma ocular