[An unusual foreign body in the orbit].
BACKGROUND
Foreign bodies in the orbit are rare. They can generate more or less serious complications depending on their nature and size. We report an exceptional case of a bulky foreign body in the orbit (the tip of a pen), which did not lead to any complication.


METHODS
A 13-year-old child presented with a right orbital trauma caused by a pen. He consulted 3 months later when a small palpebral swelling appeared. The CT scan showed the presence of a foreign body on the orbital floor. Wound debridement allowed extracting the tip of a pen measuring 3.5cm without any complication. There were no postoperative complications.


CONCLUSIONS
The originality of this observation is two-fold; the singularity of the foreign body and its total harmlessness in spite of its large size. However, orbital trauma and a secondary orbital syndrome must lead to emergency imaging.
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Service de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, hôpital 20 Août, 20, rue Lahcen El Arjoune, Casablanca, Maroc. ekenza@yahoo.com
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Chekkoury-Idrissi
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D000293:Adolescent; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed