Computed axial tomography localization of intra-orbital foreign body.
Conventional radiographs in a patient with an intra-orbital foreign body showed that it was close to the back of the globe. Computed axial tomography showed that it lay beside a swollen and probably lacerated optic nerve. The advantages of CT scanning in the investigation of intra-orbital foreign bodies are outlined.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed