[Potential of ultrasound biomicroscopy in diagnosis of ocular trauma with intraocular metallic foreign bodies].

A detailed analysis of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) scanogramms of 4 patients with a history of trauma and signs of metallosis is performed. In all cases foreign body was found and its precise localization in relation to anterior segment structures was identified. The following changes were revealed and described: pathological changes of cornea, lens and its fibers, uveal tract in silent zone, zone of retinal periphery and secondary vitreous changes due to trauma itself and chemically active foreign body invasion and long persistence. UBM is recommended to be the part of examination algorithm in patients with penetrating ocular trauma and screening of latent metallosis.