Post-traumatic retinal siderosis, a case report

Abstract

A thirty-year-old patient attended a few hours after an ocular trauma while hammering, receiving trauma with a metal splinter at the left eye. Due to an unfavorable clinical picture, surgical management was decided, which was initially rejected by the patient. He returned six months later with a profound decrease in left eye visual acuity, reaching counting finger at one meter despite optical correction. The anterior segment shows a lower scarring leukoma, associated with Tyndall (++), retrokeratic pigment, lower posterior synechiae and a total cataract. Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation and a posterior vitrectomy with intraocular foreign body extraction were indicated. At postoperative control it was shown that post-traumatic ocular siderosis did not significantly affect his central vision, which remains until now.