Retinal evaluation by fundus angiography before and after vitrectomy and foreign body removal in a patient with ocular siderosis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ocular siderosis (OS) is a rare severe complication arising from retained iron-containing intraocular foreign bodies. In the young male patient reported in this paper, the intraretinal diffusion and distribution of siderotic particles before and after the removal of the foreign body were observed via fundus angiography (FA).

Case description

A 33-year-old decoration worker was diagnosed as the absolute stage of right eye glaucoma in the local hospital and was treated with cataprolol and brinzolamide eye liquid to reduce intraocular pressure. The symptoms did not improve. He came to our hospital for treatment. He was finally diagnosed with "foreign body, siderosis, and secondary glaucoma in the right eye" based on eye examinations. According to the observation via

SUBMITTER: Cai Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9011289 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature