A case of delayed oculocardiac reflex induced by an intraorbital foreign body.
A 56-year-old male presented with a history of left periorbital pain, nausea, vomiting, dyspnea, sweating, and pallor. His left eye was injured by a bomb explosion approximately 40 years ago. Evisceration was performed. There were no cardiopulmonary and gastroenterological findings except mild bradycardia (54/min). CT evaluation revealed a 4-cm-sized, sharp, metallic, intraorbital foreign body in the left orbit. After the removal of the foreign body, the symptoms completely resolved with a normal heart rate (69/min). The authors present a case of delayed oculocardiac reflex induced by an old intraorbital foreign body.
Yang
Hyun-Seung
HS
Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Oh
Dong-Eun
DE
D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications; D017234:Eye Evisceration; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D058447:Eye Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*; D020273:Orbital Implants; D012024:Reflex, Oculocardiac; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
D008670:Metals