title: Wooden foreign particles in the orbit--spontaneous recovery.
abstract: A six-year-old boy consulted an ophthalmologist, because another boy had hit his right eye with a tree branch. There were slight corneal erosions, and a superficial small wound in the oedematous upper lid. The erosions healed in 2 days, but the lid showed progressive ptosis and oedema. Computed tomography revealed a hyperdense, tight structure, which was suspected to be a foreign particle. An orbital exploration was made three times, but the foreign body was not found. After prolonged suppuration, two wooden particles appeared spontaneously 4 and 5.5 months after the trauma. After that, the suppuration subsided and the wound healed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tuppurainen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mäntyjärvi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puranen
mesh_terms: D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood