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Unusual presentation of an intraocular foreign body retained for sixty years
Onur Gokmen1, Nilufer Yesilirmak1, Ali Kal1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
Intraocular foreign bodies may remain quiescent for many years particularly if they are not metallic. We report a case of a missed intraocular stone foreign body that had remained asymptomatic underneath the iris for 60 years and appeared during cataract surgery.

