Doctors extract seed that grew roots in a man's eye

Ophthalmologists in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), located in the Russian Far East, have successfully removed a seed that had developed roots inside a 42-year-old man's eye.

The patient, Maxim Sleptsov, sustained an injury in the Abyiski district during the previous summer when a tree branch struck his eye, causing inflammation. Over the following four months, the seed grew a three-millimeter root that embedded itself into the conjunctival tissue.

Sleptsov reported experiencing daily headaches, increased intraocular pressure, and a persistent sensation of a foreign object in his eye. A surgeon performed the extraction using local anesthesia via an injection needle. Medical professionals noted that if the object had remained, it could have led to a corneal ulcer or permanent vision loss.