Inert 37-Year-Old Intrastromal Corneal Graphite From Penetrating Ocular Trauma: A Case Report

Ocular trauma is the most frequent cause of monocular blindness. Ocular surface injury is the commonest among ocular injuries. Corneal abrasion and foreign body are the most common corneal injuries. A 40-year-old dentist with a history of partially penetrating corneal injury due to a pencil presented with and retained graphite bodies in the cornea 37 years after injury. His refraction was +1.0 sphere with no astigmatic error. There was no evidence of any inflammatory reaction. Intrastromal corneal graphite particles can be inert and cause no inflammatory reaction or astigmatic error even decades after injury.