title: A wooden orbital foreign body.
abstract: A case is reported in which a patient presented, 18 months after initial injury, with a progressive proptosis of the left eye. X-rays did not reveal a foreign body but a fracture of the lateral orbital wall and an area of soft tissue density were seen on the CT scan. Exploration of the orbit revealed a 2 cm wooden fragment in the floor of the orbit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Natal, Congella, South Africa.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rajah
mesh_terms: D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood