Siderosis bulbi resulting from an intraocular metalic foreign body: case report

Ano: 2017 | Volume: 57 | Número: 1

Autores: Ricardo Evangelista Marrocos de Aragao, Ieda Maria Alexandre Barreira, Gustavo Jose Arruda Mendes Carneiro, Nayara Queiroz Cardoso Pinto, Talles Peterson Cavalcante Oria, Jhonatan de Paula Araujo Ferreira, Igor Costa Menezes

Palavras-chave: retina, vitrectomy, wounds and injuries, optic atrophy, night blindness.

Resumo Inglês:

Siderosis bulbi is a sight-threatening condition characterized by a pigmentary and degenerative change in the eye that follows the intra-ocular retention of a foreign body containing iron. The main cause of ocular siderosis is penetrating trauma mostly by hammering a steel object without or with poor eye protection. Herein, we report a case of siderosis bulbi after penetrating trauma that was lately treated with vitrectomy to remove the foreign body, and despite treatment resulted in ocular globe atrophy.