Suspected Endothelial Pencil Graphite Deposition


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Gul A., Can E., Yucel Ö., Niyaz L., Akgun H. I., Arıtürk N.

CASE REPORTS IN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL MEDICINE, 2013 (ESCI) identifier identifier

Özet

A 14-year-old male patient had an ocular trauma with a pencil. Biomicroscopic examination revealed a broken part of pencil into the cornea. Foreign body removal and corneal wound closure were performed in the same day. After corneal repair, there was a grade 4+ anterior chamber reaction just like in preoperative examination. Dilated examination showed a very small piece broken tip of pencil on the upper nasal quadrant of the lens. A small and linear deposition was also seen on endothelial surface. Endothelial deposition and foreign body disappeared with intensive topical steroid treatment.