Intraocular mass simulating a retained foreign body.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To present an unusual case of a preretinal mass that simulated a retained metallic foreign body. Case report. A 30-year-old man presented with unilateral iridocyclitis and an ipsilateral preretinal mass with ultrasonographic and computed tomographic characteristics of a metallic foreign body. Histologic examination of the mass disclosed a central concentration of iron-containing hemoglobin breakdown products surrounded by a cocoon of fibrous tissue. Blood breakdown products surrounded by a fibrous capsule can present with the characteristics of an intraocular metallic foreign body.
Medical subject headings
- Retina
- Retinal Diseases
- Siderosis