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Retained old magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body

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Link to WHO Definition

Retained old magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1267782103

This refers to retained (old) magnetic foreign body in the thin, circular structure in the eye, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. The colour of the iris is often referred to as "eye colour." It is also of the circumferential tissue inside the eye composed of the ciliary muscle and ciliary processes. It is triangular in horizontal section and is coated by a double layer, the ciliary epithelium.