title: Persistent caruncular hyperemia revealing unsuspected orbital foreign body.
abstract: A peculiar case of a 13-years-old child with persistent caruncular hyperemia following trauma to the right eye with a tree branch which didn't improved after several days of oral and intravenous antibiotic therapy. Closer examination revealed organic foreign body that was not evident on initial evaluation, computerized tomography with and without contrast nor on magnetic resonance imaging. After removal of the organic foreign body symptoms resolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Nanette
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De León Tellado
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tous
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit