title: [Quantum of luck with a self-induced penetrating orbital injury].
abstract: Presentation of a patient with two foreign bodies each 21 cm long in left nasal orbit and penetrating as far as the sinciput. The patient had been knitting at the time of the accident and had probably autonomously thrust the two knitting needles into the left orbit, as assessed by questioning of other parties. The patient had a known history of paranoid schizophrenia and dementia. Central imaging revealed the position of the knitting needles with respect to the intracranial vessels to be threatening. The surgical removal of the knitting needles was carried out without any serious complications, such as intracranial hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland. Bajor.Anna@mh-hannover.de.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajor
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Calvelli
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Janke
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bialon
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bültmann
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brunotte
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Framme
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Dementia; Foreign body; Imaging; Intracranial; Schizophrenia