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Case Reports
. 1986 Feb;70(2):147-9.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.70.2.147.

A penetrating orbitocranial stab wound

C J MacEwen, G Fullarton
Case Reports

A penetrating orbitocranial stab wound

C J MacEwen et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1986 Feb.

Abstract

An unusual case of intracranial penetration of a bread knife through the orbit is described. Despite the proximity of the blade to the internal carotids, the optic nerves and chiasm, and the pituitary the patient survived with only a minimal field defect affecting the eye opposite to the entry site; otherwise no neurological or endocrine deficit was evident.

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