Electroretinograms before and after extraction of large intraocular iron foreign body.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We present our findings in a case with an intraocular foreign body in which the electroretinographic (ERG) findings were useful.

Observations

A 37-year-old man was injured by an iron fragment that penetrated into his left eye through the cornea. His visual acuity was counting fingers, and a traumatic cataract prevented an examination of the fundus. B-mode ultrasonography showed a stick-like foreign body of approximately 14 mm in length in the eye. Preoperative ERGs with a contact lens electrode showed reduced responses with many blinking artifacts. Lensectomy and pars plana vitrectomy were performed and a fragment of a wire brush was seen embedded in the superior nasal retina which was removed. The decimal visual acuity improved to 1.2 two weeks later. The postoperat

SUBMITTER: Kumagai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6525325 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature