title: [An unusual foreign body in the orbit].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, hôpital 20 Août, 20, rue Lahcen El Arjoune, Casablanca, Maroc. ekenza@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eladioui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benjelloun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chekkoury-Idrissi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed