Intrastromal Corneal Glass Foreign Body in a Case of Spectacle Glass Injury
Suwarna Suman *
Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Arushi Kumar
Department of ENT, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.
Hemant Uttamrao Rathod
Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Virendra K. Pal
Eye Hospital, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Sitapur, UP, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Spectacle-related glass foreign body eye injury is commonly associated with sports activities and a significant contributor to penetrating eye injury. Optically clear glass particles may easily be missed during the examination. We present a case of intrastromal glass foreign body embedded in superficial layers of corneal stroma associated with sports-related spectacle injury in a 21-year male. There were multiple superficial lacerations and multiple small glass fragments on the surface of the cornea. After the removal of glass fragments under a slit lamp, the eye was washed thoroughly and patched with antibiotic and cycloplegic eye drops for twenty-four hours. However, the next day we could detect a small intrastromal glass fragment in the superficial layers of the corneal stroma under slit-lamp examination with high magnification. A small piece of glass (1mm in length) was removed under topical anaesthesia.
Keywords: Foreign body, glass foreign body, intracorneal foreign body, spectacle injury