Endophthalmitis Complicating an Intraocular Foreign Body

• By Philip J. Polkinghorne, MD
• Uploaded on Jul 12, 2014.
• Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Jul 14, 2014.

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Condition/keywords

intraocular foreign body, hypopyon, endophthalmitis

Photographer

Philip Polkinghorne

Imaging device

Photo slit lamp biomicroscope

Description

An 8-year-old child presented with endophthalmitis following an injury to the eye. At the time of surgery a retained foreign body was found, latter identified as a fragment from a pencil.

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