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case_images: IOFB at presentation
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case_images: Around 12 o'clock, a metallic foreign body was detected near the corneoscleral limbus, which perforated the cornea, the iris, the anterior capsule of the lens and the lens (Fig. 1).
case_images: Intraoperative aspects - extraction of the helicoidal IOFB with the forceps
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case_images: F2
case_images: Since it had a helicoidal shape, we had to perform several circular movements (Fig. 2 a,b).
case_images: IOFB measuring almost 20 mm in length
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case_images: F3
case_images: We were surprised to find out that the wire that perforated the eye was almost 20 mm long (Fig. 3).
case_images: Postoperative aspect (after cataract extraction). We noticed the round pupil and the iris defect between 12 and 1 o'clock
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case_images: F4
case_images: Due to the age of the patient, the lens was very soft so we performed its extraction with a blunt cannula under viscoelastic protection, with good results (Fig. 4).