Unusual intraorbital foreign body: a case report.
Penetrating eye injury is an important cause of ocular morbidity in India, especially in the pediatric and adolescent age group. Sometimes these injuries are associated with retained intraorbital foreign body. We report herein for the first time a child who had an open globe injury with a retained unusually large intraorbital foreign body (iron nut).
Sukhija
Jaspreet
J
Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012 India.
Bandyopadhyay
Supratik
S
Ram
Jagat
J
Bansal
Svati
S
Das
Pranab
P
Brar
Gagandeep S
GS
D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed