title: An unusual orbito-cranial foreign body.
abstract: The rarity of orbito-cranial gun shot injury in both war and civilian practice has been reported. In a large series of 351 missile head injuries in the Vietnam war, orbital penetration was noted in 0.6% cases only. Review of literature shows that orbital injury was ipsilateral to the cerebral injury in most reported cases. We have previously reported a rare case of left parieto-occipital lobe injury due to gun shot wound of the contralateral (right) orbit. The case reported here sustained a bullet injury to the left frontal bone but the missile was located below the contralateral (right) optic canal. The rarity of the case prompted this report.
authors.affiliation: Neuroophthalmic section, SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack, Orissa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*