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Issue: June 2016

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Intraocular foreign bodies, or FB, are usually the result of penetrating traumatic wounds that may land the FB into either the anterior or posterior chamber, depending upon the type of injury. Isolated intralenticular foreign bodies are rarely seen, and they soon lead to cataract formation. Some cases have been reported in peer literature about asymptomatic foreign bodies lying in the normal crystalline lens.

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