A 33-year-old man had sudden onset of decreased vision and a red spoton the right eye. His ocular history included penetrating injury to the righteye while working on a heavy metal punch press 12 years previously. At thetime of injury, the patient underwent scleral laceration repair with parsplana vitrectomy, removal of intraocular foreign body, and scleral bucklingprocedure. The 6-mm laceration was closed with 4-0 and 5-0 Dacron sutures(Alcon Surgical Inc, Fort Worth, Tex) and covered with a 5-mm radial scleralsponge and overlying encircling 240 band.