DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2023.v11i06.063

Pages: 1287-1290

Trauma is a frequent reason for consultation in ophthalmological emergencies. The intraocular foreign body (IEB) is the dreaded situation, which can go as far as the functional and even anatomical loss of the eye. The occurrence of ocular trauma as a result of a work accident issevere, often leads to temporary and sometimes permanent incapacity for work. We have reported two cases of foreign bodies; the first case, a 35-year-old woman consulted in our service for eye trauma by fish stoppage occurring as a result of housework; The second case, a 25-year-old young man consulted in emergency 4 days after an eye trauma by falling wood on his head in a traditional gold panning site. The intervention consisted in the extraction of the various foreign bodies.