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Intraocular mass simulating a retained foreign body
1Division of Ophthalmology, Columbia Saint Luke's Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44104, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|July 31, 1998
Abstract
Purpose:
To present an unusual case of a preretinal mass that simulated a retained metallic foreign body.
Method:
Case report.
Results:
A 30-year-old man presented with unilateral iridocyclitis and an ipsilateral preretinal mass with ultrasonographic and computed tomographic characteristics of a metallic foreign body. Histologic examination of the mass disclosed a central concentration of iron-containing hemoglobin breakdown products surrounded by a cocoon of fibrous tissue.
Conclusion:
Blood breakdown products surrounded by a fibrous capsule can present with the characteristics of an intraocular metallic foreign body.