Intraocular wooden foreign body clinically resembling a pearl cyst

R. C. Eagle Jr, J. A. Shields, C. L. Canny and R. L. Thompson

Five years after injuring his right eye with a wooden arrow, an 11-year-old boy had an iris lesion resembling a pearl cyst. Surgery demonstrated an intraocular wooden foreign body. Wooden foreign bodies are uncommon but may be surprisingly well tolerated if uncontaminated. A differential diagnosis of iris mass lesions in the posttraumatic eye is provided.