A CASE OF PROLONGED PRESENCE OF A MAGNETIC FOREIGN BODY IN THE EYE

Penetrating injuries of the eyeball with penetrating foreign bodies are the most severe type of damage to the visual organ. Due to the prolonged stay of chemically active foreign bodies in the eye, siderosis and chalcosis may develop, prevention of which is early surgical intervention. The degree of severity of the pathological process should naturally be influenced by the size of the intraocular foreign body, its localisation and the period of stay in the eye.

The article presents a clinical case of removal of a magnetic foreign body that was in the anterior chamber of the eye for 16 years without an inflammatory reaction in its tissues.

In this clinical case, minimal phenomena of siderosis occurred from the side of the iris root at the site of the intraocular foreign body at 6 o'clock, which can be explained by the areactivity of the course as a result of localization in the corner of the anterior chamber, where, apparently, metabolic processes are more active and encapsulation of a foreign body that created a barrier for further entry of toxic products into the intraocular structures. But the very fact of the presence of a magnetic intraocular foreign body is not physiological for the organ of vision and the operation of removing a foreign body, regardless of the time that has passed after the injury, is the right decision.

The presence of an intraocular magnetic foreign body is an indication for its removal, despite the limitation period of the injury and the areactive course of the process.

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