Cranial computed tomographic demonstration of intracranial penetration by an orbital foreign body.
A 9-year-old boy suffered intracerebral penetration by a stick driven into his right orbit. Diagnosis was obtained by cranial computed tomography (CT), and this test directed appropriate immediate surgical intervention. Combined orbital exploration and craniotomy was followed by a gratifying recovery. The importance of CT in orbital and possible intracranial trauma is stressed.
D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit; D013702:Temporal Lobe; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed