Acute retinal toxicity caused by the bimetallic electrochemical action of a galvanized steel intraocular foreign body

Retina. 1998;18(1):77-9. doi: 10.1097/00006982-199801000-00017.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / etiology*
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / pathology
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / etiology*
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / pathology
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / surgery
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Lens, Crystalline / injuries*
  • Male
  • Retinal Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Retinal Diseases / pathology
  • Retinal Diseases / surgery
  • Scotoma / diagnosis
  • Scotoma / etiology
  • Steel*
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Fields
  • Vitrectomy
  • Zinc / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Steel
  • Zinc