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Eye Contact Lens
; 46(2): e13-e16, 2020 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30985489
ABSTRACT
A 70-year-old white woman presented to her ophthalmologist with bacterial conjunctivitis resistant to treatment. The relationship between the patient's globe and superior orbital rim prompted high clinical suspicion of an occult foreign body as the cause. The following article describes the office visits preceding the discovery of two adhered soft contact lenses lodged in the superior fornix of the right eye that had been hidden for 15 years. We discuss the role her unique orbital anatomy played in successfully concealing these foreign bodies for over a decade. In addition, we present an algorithm to practice when an occult foreign body is suspected, which includes effective clinical techniques.
Subject(s)
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial/etiology , Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic/adverse effects , Eye Foreign Bodies/etiology , Eyelid Diseases/etiology , Keratitis/etiology , Orbit/anatomy & histology , Aged , Conjunctivitis, Bacterial/diagnosis , Conjunctivitis, Bacterial/surgery , Device Removal , Eye Foreign Bodies/diagnosis , Eye Foreign Bodies/surgery , Eyelid Diseases/diagnosis , Eyelid Diseases/surgery , Female , Humans , Keratitis/diagnosis , Keratitis/surgery , Slit Lamp Microscopy
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