The authors present a case of intralenticular metallic foreign body, in a metallurgist patient, with lateness diagnosis. They describe the importance of clinical exame, the surgical technical that was used to remove the foreign body of the crystalline and necessity to divulge and promote preventive ways at the occupational and domestical ambients.
Eye injuries, penetrating; Eye foreign bodies; Lenses, intraocular; Cataract extraction; Lens implantation, intraocular; Case reports
