Well-tolerated intracorneal wood foreign body of 40-year duration. Cornea 2009 Jun;28(5):597-8
Date
05/08/2009Pubmed ID
19421030DOI
10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181901e1fScopus ID
2-s2.0-67650575706 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 15 CitationsAbstract
PURPOSE: To report the diagnosis and management of a patient with a well-tolerated, long-standing retained intracorneal foreign body.
METHODS: We describe the case of a 62-year-old man with a 40-year-old retained wood foreign body within the posterior stroma of the cornea. To the authors' knowledge, this is the longest standing intracorneal foreign body reported in the literature.
RESULTS: The foreign body was asymptomatic, well tolerated, and appeared encapsulated, so the patient was carefully observed. One year later, the examination remained stable.
CONCLUSIONS: Our case seems to violate the classic teaching that some inorganic intracorneal foreign bodies are well tolerated, whereas organic foreign bodies are poorly tolerated. It is possible that foreign organic material--if early infection is avoided--can be well tolerated by the eye.
Author List
Covert DJ, Henry CR, Sheth BPAuthor
Bhavna P. Sheth MD Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Corneal StromaEye Foreign Bodies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Time Factors
Wood
