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. 2017 Jan 30;189(4):E163.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160428. Epub 2016 Sep 12.

Intraocular foreign bodies

Kunyong Xu  1 , David R P Almeida  2
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Intraocular foreign bodies

Kunyong Xu et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Intraocular metallic foreign body embedded in the anterior chamber of the right eye. (A) Metallic foreign body in the anterior chamber (arrow). (B) Axial computed tomography scan of the orbits showing a well-defined, hyperdense foreign body producing streak artifacts in the anterior chamber (arrow). (C) Surgical removal of the foreign body (arrow). (D) The foreign body removed from the eye (arrow).
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