Intraorbital foreign body

Penetrating orbitocranial injuries caused by intraorbital foreign body are a rare cause of morbidity being most common among young people. The term intraorbital foreign body refers to a foreign body that occurs within the orbit but outside the ocular globe. We report the case of a 12-year-old male c...

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Published inRevista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi Vol. 119; no. 1; p. 179
Main Authors Turliuc, Dana Mihaela, Costan, V V, Cucu, A I, Costea, Claudia Florida
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Romania 01.01.2015
Subjects
Accidental Falls
Child
Eye Foreign Bodies - diagnosis
Eye Foreign Bodies - surgery
Eye Injuries, Penetrating - diagnosis
Eye Injuries, Penetrating - surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Orbit
Treatment Outcome
Wood
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Summary:Penetrating orbitocranial injuries caused by intraorbital foreign body are a rare cause of morbidity being most common among young people. The term intraorbital foreign body refers to a foreign body that occurs within the orbit but outside the ocular globe. We report the case of a 12-year-old male child who sustained a right cranial facial trauma due to accidental fall on a piece of wood, which penetrated intraorbitally. Native cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI -1.5 T) revealed the presence of an intraorbital foreign body, 6 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, near the orbital apex. In our patient, early surgical extraction of the foreign body had a decisive role on his full recovery. In this case, although a large foreign body penetrated the entire length of the orbit, it did not cause damage to any intraorbital structure. Vision and right ocular globe function had an excellent prognosis.
ISSN:0048-7848