Cataract in Low-Grade Uveitis Due to Scleral Foreign Body
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Sertan Goktas 1 * , Yasar Sakarya 1, Muammer Ozcimen 1, Rabia Sakarya 1
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1 Department of Opthalmology, Konya Educational and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

We report a case of a 32 year-old male with cataract in the right eye who has a history of explosive industrial accidents 25 years ago. Foreign body reflection was seen into the old conjunctival scar with slit-lamb examination. Metallic foreign body was expolored and surgically removed from the sclera. One month later, the patient underwent an uneventful cataract surgery in the right eye. This case showed a scleral foreign body may result in cataract formation most probably due to low-grade anterior uveitis even in intact globes.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, 2014, Volume 11, Issue 4, 282-284

https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.11.88

Publication date: 15 Oct 2014

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