Intraorbital foreign body: A rifle bullet removed 20 years after the accident.
BACKGROUND
Trauma of the orbit and eyeball is common, but intraorbital bullet is a relatively rare event.


METHODS
The authors report the management of a patient with chorioretinitis sclopetaria secondary to a gunshot wound twenty years previously.


CONCLUSIONS
The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this unusual case of intraorbital foreign body are discussed.
Clinique Clarós, C/Los Vergós, 31, 08017 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: clinica@clinicaclaros.com.
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Faculté de Médecine et des sciences Biomédicales, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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Clinique Clarós, C/Los Vergós, 31, 08017 Barcelona, Spain.
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D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*
Chorioretinitis sclopetaria; Orbit; Rifle bullet; Trauma