Suspected endothelial pencil graphite deposition.

Abstract

A 14-year-old male patient had an ocular trauma with a pencil. Biomicroscopic examination revealed a broken part of pencil into the cornea. Foreign body removal and corneal wound closure were performed in the same day. After corneal repair, there was a grade 4+ anterior chamber reaction just like in preoperative examination. Dilated examination showed a very small piece broken tip of pencil on the upper nasal quadrant of the lens. A small and linear deposition was also seen on endothelial surface. Endothelial deposition and foreign body disappeared with intensive topical steroid treatment.

• Authors: Adem Gül, Ertuğrul Can, Ozlem Eşki Yücel, Leyla Niyaz, Halil İbrahim Akgün, Nurşen Arıtürk
• Journal: Case reports in ophthalmological medicine (Case Rep Ophthalmol Med) Vol. 2013 Pg. 369374 ( 2013) ISSN: 2090-6722 [Print] United States
• PMID: 24392234 (Publication Type: Journal Article)