‘Mass of CLs’ found in patient eye

A 67-year-old woman attending cataract surgery was found to have amassed 27 contact lenses in one of her eyes.

She had no previous ocular complaints but did have reduced vision in the eye in question.

Specialist trainee in ophthalmology Rupal Morjaria said during peribulbar anaesthesia a foreign body emerged as a hard mass of 17 contact lenses bound together by mucus.

She then had an examination under anaesthetic by Morjaria, who found another 10.

The patient’s cataract surgery was postponed due to increased risk of infections, and she was treated with antibiotics.

She had worn monthly disposable lenses for 35 years. Her poorer vision in the right eye and deep set eyes may have been linked with the unusually large number of retained foreign bodies, medics at Solihull hospital said.