Ocular Foreign Body

Authors: Laura Beard, Adam L Brown / Editor: Jason M Kendall / Reviewer: Raja Shahid Ali, Amanda King / Codes: O8 / Published: 28/04/2020

A 55-year-old Farmer presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with sudden onset decreased vision, pain and bleeding from his right eye. He had been removing staples from a wooden fence.

On examination there was an obvious conjunctival laceration. Visual Acuity Right Eye – 6/60 and Left Eye – 6/6.

Here are his X-rays.

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