title: Posterior penetrating injury of the orbit with retained foreign body.
abstract: A case of a retained orbital foreign body following a penetrating injury in a 2-year-old boy is described. Diagnosis and management of such cases is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Charteris
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*