CASE REPORT
Cataract in Low-Grade Uveitis Due to Scleral Foreign Body
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Department of Opthalmology, Konya Educational and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Publication date: 2014-10-15
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Sertan Goktas
Department of Opthalmology, Konya Educational and Researh Hospital. 42090 Meram- Konya, Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2014;11(4):282-284
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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.