Article: Intraocular cilia associated with perforating injury.(Original Article)(Disease/Disorder overview)

Byline: Lingam. Gopal, Alay. Banker, Tarun. Sharma, Sunil. Parikh, Pramod. Bhende, Sumeet. Chopra

Purpose: To report a case series of penetrating injury complicated by occurrence of intraocular cilia. Methods: Retrospective analysis of charts of 11 eyes of 11 patients with penetrating injury and intraocular cilia, presenting between September 1978 and November 1998. Ten eyes underwent surgery for trauma-related problems such as cataract, vitritis, retinal detachment etc., at which time intraocular cilia were removed. One eye did not have surgery and continues to harbour cilia at the posterior perforation site. Results: Metallic wire was responsible for injury in ...

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