Acute aseptic panophthalmitis caused by a copper foreign body.

Enucleation was performed on a 10-year-old boy after an eye injury from the explosion of a dynamite cartridge. Amaurosis was noted 48 h after the injury upon admission to our clinic. The clinical picture of panophthalmitis comprised bulbus protrusion with limited movement and hypopion; total retinal detachment was demonstrated by ultrasonography. Intensive pain was present. A histochemical investigation was performed, showing purulent exudation in the anterior chamber, choroid, and retina. Copper stained with rubeanic acid was positive. Electrogravimetrically, the foreign body was found to be 94% copper and approximately 40 mm2 in size.