[A huge foreign body in the orbit].
The authors present an account on a two-year-old child which while playing pushed the broken end of a pencil into the orbit above the bulbus. With regard to the nature of the object it was extracted by two-stage surgery. The injury did not affect the child's ocular functions.
Korynta
J
J
Dĕská ocní klinika 2. LF UK, Praha-Motol. jiri.korynta@lfmotol.cuni.cz
Kozák
J
J
Ramba
J
J
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis