Dr. Prasenjit Kalita, K18752, Dr. Baby Deka
INTRODUCTION-INTRALENTICULAR FOREIGN BODIES COMPRISES ABOUT 5% TO 10% OF ALL INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODIES AND CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS.IN MOST CASES LENS BECOME OPAQUE DUE TO FORMATION OF TRAUMATIC CATARACT AND PATIENT REQUIRE CATARACT SURGERY FOR VISUAL REHABILITATION .
MATERIALS AND METHODS-WE REPORT A UNIQUE CASE OF INTRALENTICULAR METALLIC FOREIGN BODY WITH NO HISTORY OF TRAUMA AND PRESENTING WITH A WHITE CATARACT,A SMALL HOLE IN IRIS WITHOUT ANY POSTERIOR SEGMENT PATHOLOGY.WHILE UNDERGOING CATARACT SURGERY INTRALENTICULAR METALLIC FOREIGN BODY WAS FOUND LODGED IN THE NUCLEUS.CAREFUL UNEVENTFUL SURGERY WAS DONE WITH RESTORATION OF VISION.
CONCLUSION-AN INTRALENTICULAR FOREIGN BODY IS A RARE CONDITION.IT SHOULD BE EXCLUDED WHENEVER THERE IS A SELF SEALED TINY CORNEAL WOUND FOLLOWING PENETRATING INJURY TO EYE,WITH A SMALL HOLE IN IRIS OR EARLY CATARACT FORMATION.VISUAL OUTCOME IS GOOD FOLLOWING CATARACT SURGERY WITH INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION.