The importance of CT imaging for detecting traumatic intraorbitar and maxillofacial foreign bodies

• Published in: Romanian neurosurgery Vol. 18; no. 4
• Main Authors: Roxana Popescu, B. Dobrovăţ, A. Nemţoi, Oana Lăduncă, Danisia Haba
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Academic Publishing 01.12.2011
• Subjects: computertomography; IOFB; orbit
• ISSN: 1220-8841; 2344-4959

The study represents an evaluation of the ability of spiral and conventional computer tomography in the diagnoseof intraorbitar and intraocular foreign bodies. The study includes 19 patients, aged between 15 and 52 years, 10 men and 9 women, presenting intraocular or intraorbitar foreign bodies or as a result of an traumatic injuries, who addressed the Emergency Hospital N. Oblu Iasi, between September 2010 - March 2011. The CT examination was the main imaging method of investigation in addition to conventional radiographs; it was conducted on a Philips Aura single-slice unit and a Siemens SOMATOM AR.C unit in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging in theHospital “N. Oblu” Iasi. One patient presents an CT image of carbonite IOFB, 5 patients present metallic IOFB, the images are obtained using used incremental CT (Somatom ARC, Siemens). 2 patients present  spiral CT image of a metallic penetrating intraocular foreign body, 11 patients present spiral CT image of a metallic penetrating intraocular and maxillofacial foreign body. The classical computer tomography and spiral CT are among the most effective methods of examination and management of intraocular foreign bodies, maxillofacial or intraorbital. The spiral CT realise a continuous scanning of a volume of the patients body during table movement and reduces examination time and radiation exposure.