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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep;14(3):832-5.
doi: 10.1007/s12663-014-0708-7. Epub 2014 Oct 9.

Foreign Body in the Orbital Floor: A Case Report

G B Ananth Kumar  1 , Vikas Dhupar  2 , Francis Akkara  2 , S Praveen Kumar  2
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Case Reports

Foreign Body in the Orbital Floor: A Case Report

G B Ananth Kumar et al. J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

An 11 year old girl reported to the department with the complaint of redness and pus discharge from her left eye. History revealed that the patient had a fall from bicycle and injured her left eye one month earlier. CT scan reported an ill defined radiolucency present in the floor of the orbit. On surgical exploration we retrieved a wooden piece along with its disintegrated particles from the orbital floor. The need for clinical suspicion, proper history, diagnostic modalities and management of intra orbital foreign bodies are discussed in this article.

Keywords: Imaging; Orbital foreign bodies; Organic foreign bodies; Surgery.

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Pre operative photo
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Axial CT view
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3D recon view
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Intra operative view
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Foreign bodies retrived
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Surgical wound after foreign body retrival
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Post operative photo
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