Intraorbital foreign body

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2015 Jan-Mar;119(1):179-84.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 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