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Comment
. 2019 Sep;67(9):1510-1512.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1878_18.

A challenging case of a large orbitocranial wooden foreign body in a child

Ajay Dudani  1 , Harsha Pawar  1 , Anupam A Dudani  2 , Krish Dudani  3 , Anadya Dudani  3
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A challenging case of a large orbitocranial wooden foreign body in a child

Ajay Dudani et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Sep.
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Figure 1
(a) CT scan, axial view showing the hypodense wooden foreign body (blue arrow). (b) CT scan, sagittal view showing the hypodense wooden foreign body (blue arrow). (c) CT angiography showing narrowing of cavernous part of right internal carotid artery. (d) Preoperative image, right eye. (e) Postoperative image, right eye. (f) Showing 9 × 1 cm wooden foreign body after surgical removal
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