Hyphema caued by a metallic intraocular foreign body during magnetic reonance imaging

PURPOE: To report a 63-year-old man with a retained intraocular foreign body who developed a hyphema during magnetic reonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. METHOD: Cae report and review of the current literature on ocular injury caued by intraocular foreign bodie when ubjected to an electromagnetic field. REULT: Our patient underwent a brain MRI, and the intraocular foreign body caued a hyphema and increaed intraocular preure. The preence and location of the intraocular foreign body were determined by computed tomography (CT). CONCLUION: Magnetic reonance imaging can caue eriou ocular injury in patient with ferromagnetic intraocular foreign bodie. Thi cae demontrate the importance of obtaining an occupational hitory, and, when indicated, a kull x-ray or CT to rule out intraocular foreign body before an MRI tudy.