Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature

Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) can complicate globe trauma and are associated with a high incidence of severe vision loss. Occult IOFBs present a particular challenge as they are not diagnosed promptly and tend to present with advanced complications, including endophthalmitis and retinal detachm...

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Autores principales: Sychev, Yevgeniy V, Verner-Cole, Elizabeth A, Suhler, Eric B, Stout, J Timothy, Vemulakonda, G Atmaram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3770888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039395
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S47339
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author Sychev, Yevgeniy V
Verner-Cole, Elizabeth A
Suhler, Eric B
Stout, J Timothy
Vemulakonda, G Atmaram
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description Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) can complicate globe trauma and are associated with a high incidence of severe vision loss. Occult IOFBs present a particular challenge as they are not diagnosed promptly and tend to present with advanced complications, including endophthalmitis and retinal detachment. In this report, we present three cases of occult nonmetallic IOFBs presenting as fulminant uveitis, and we also review the literature.
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spelling pubmed-37708882013-09-13 Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature Sychev, Yevgeniy V Verner-Cole, Elizabeth A Suhler, Eric B Stout, J Timothy Vemulakonda, G Atmaram Clin Ophthalmol Case Series Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) can complicate globe trauma and are associated with a high incidence of severe vision loss. Occult IOFBs present a particular challenge as they are not diagnosed promptly and tend to present with advanced complications, including endophthalmitis and retinal detachment. In this report, we present three cases of occult nonmetallic IOFBs presenting as fulminant uveitis, and we also review the literature. Dove Medical Press 2013 2013-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3770888/ /pubmed/24039395 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S47339 Text en © 2013 Sychev et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Ltd, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Sychev, Yevgeniy V
Verner-Cole, Elizabeth A
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Vemulakonda, G Atmaram
Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature
title Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature
title_full Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature
title_fullStr Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature
title_short Occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature
title_sort occult nonmetallic intraocular foreign bodies presenting as fulminant uveitis: a case series and review of the literature
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3770888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039395
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S47339
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