Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury

Reports of graphite pencil lead injuries to the eye are rare. Although graphite is considered to remain inert in the eye, it has been known to cause severe inflammation and damage to ocular structures. We report a case of a 12-year-old girl with intracorneal graphite foreign bodies following a graph...

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Autores principales: Philip, Swetha Sara, John, Deepa, John, Sheeja Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/720201
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spelling pubmed-33502542012-05-17 Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury Philip, Swetha Sara John, Deepa John, Sheeja Susan Case Rep Ophthalmol Med Case Report Reports of graphite pencil lead injuries to the eye are rare. Although graphite is considered to remain inert in the eye, it has been known to cause severe inflammation and damage to ocular structures. We report a case of a 12-year-old girl with intracorneal graphite foreign bodies following a graphite pencil injury. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3350254/ /pubmed/22606501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/720201 Text en Copyright © 2012 Swetha Sara Philip et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury
title Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury
title_full Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury
title_fullStr Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury
title_short Asymptomatic Intracorneal Graphite Deposits following Graphite Pencil Injury
title_sort asymptomatic intracorneal graphite deposits following graphite pencil injury
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/720201
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