title: Foreign body masquerading as a ruptured globe.
abstract: Low density orbital foreign bodies may not be detected on plain x-ray. In this case, a large anterior orbital foreign body was seen by examiners, but was misinterpreted as a ruptured globe. This misdiagnosis was supported by conventional x-rays which failed to show the object. It was later easily visualized on CT scan.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed