title: An asymptomatic intraorbital foreign body for 30 years.
abstract: Intraorbital foreign bodies (IOFBs) are usually accompanied by notable skin wounds and/or ocular wounds, and often there is a clear history of a penetrating object. We report herein on a patient who had an asymptomatic IOFB for 30 years. To the best of our knowledge, there is only one other case of a patient with an IOFB for a longer asymptomatic period after the injury. IOFBs may be overlooked because a small penetrating wound may be accompanied by no signs of inflammation for many decades as in this patient's clinical course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, 860-8556, Japan. minoda@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ryosei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minoda
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumai
authors.forename: Daizo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yumoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery