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Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber
Retained intraocular graphite foreign bodies are uncommon. Although they are generally inert, they have been reported to cause severe inflammatory reaction and progressive damage to intraocular structures. We report a case of a six-year-old girl with a retained intraocular graphite pencil lead forei...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981370/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765334 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e73 |
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author | Amritanand, Anika John, Sheeja S. Philip, Swetha S. John, Deepa David, Sarada |
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description | Retained intraocular graphite foreign bodies are uncommon. Although they are generally inert, they have been reported to cause severe inflammatory reaction and progressive damage to intraocular structures. We report a case of a six-year-old girl with a retained intraocular graphite pencil lead foreign body in the anterior chamber of the eye and discuss the various considerations in the management of such cases. |
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spelling | pubmed-39813702014-04-24 Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber Amritanand, Anika John, Sheeja S. Philip, Swetha S. John, Deepa David, Sarada Clin Pract Case Report Retained intraocular graphite foreign bodies are uncommon. Although they are generally inert, they have been reported to cause severe inflammatory reaction and progressive damage to intraocular structures. We report a case of a six-year-old girl with a retained intraocular graphite pencil lead foreign body in the anterior chamber of the eye and discuss the various considerations in the management of such cases. PAGEPress Publications 2011-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3981370/ /pubmed/24765334 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e73 Text en ©Copyright A. Amritanand et al., 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy |
spellingShingle | Case Report Amritanand, Anika John, Sheeja S. Philip, Swetha S. John, Deepa David, Sarada Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber |
title | Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber |
title_full | Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber |
title_fullStr | Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber |
title_full_unstemmed | Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber |
title_short | Unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber |
title_sort | unusual case of a graphite foreign body in the anterior chamber |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981370/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765334 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e73 |
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