Long-Term Retention of an Intraorbital Metallic Foreign Body Adjacent to the Optic Nerve.
We report the case of an asymptomatic 47 year-old male patient who suffered a penetrating wound from a metallic foreign body that became embedded adjacent to the optic nerve for over thirty years, as well as the associated examination, imaging, and fundus photography. Intraorbital metallic foreign bodies can be well tolerated and may not require surgical intervention despite proximity to important structures.
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
Andrew N
AN
Siedlecki
Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Edmund
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E
Tsui
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
Jie
J
Deng
Section of Ophthalmology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Donald M
DM
Miller