Penetration of Globe with Magnetic Foreign Body

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By Kimberly Wakester, COA, OCT-C
Retina Consultants of Carolina, P.A.
Co-author(s): Collin Ohning, MD
Uploaded on Mar 3, 2026.
Last modified by Joshua Friedman on Mar 4, 2026.

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Condition/keywords: magnetic foreign body, right eye
Photographer: Kimberly Wakester, COA, OCT-C
Imaging device: Slit lamp camera adapter
Description: Slit lamp photographs of a 48-year-old man with penetration of globe with magnetic foreign body of the right eye. Patient reports hammering a nail into granite 6 months ago. Exam shows a ~2x2 mm immobile sub-conjunctival metallic-appearing FB embedded in the sclera nasally. There was no FB noted on B-scan. CT of orbits confirmed no intraocular foreign body.