title: A 55-mm object inside a 40-mm orbit.
abstract: A 43-year-old man was struck in the left orbit with his board while surfing and sustained a 3-cm laceration above his left eyebrow. The laceration was sutured closed primarily at a local emergency room. When he presented to UCSD oculoplastics for suture removal, he complained of diplopia with upgaze and was found to have hypoglobus on clinical exam. An orbital CT demonstrated a hyperintense linear signal within the orbit. The patient underwent surgical exploration. A 55-mm-length piece of fiberglass from the patient's surfboard was removed from his orbit. This case demonstrates the importance of having a high index of suspicion for retained orbital foreign bodies, regardless of the size of the object inflicting the injury.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSD Department of Ophthalmology , La Jolla, California , USA and.
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Whipple
authors.forename: Lee Hooi
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Bobby S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Korn
authors.forename: Don O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: C009753:fiberglass