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Case Reports
. 1979 Dec;63(12):848-51.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.63.12.848.

Diagnosis and management of a wooden orbital foreign body: case report

J A Macrae
Case Reports

Diagnosis and management of a wooden orbital foreign body: case report

J A Macrae. Br J Ophthalmol. 1979 Dec.

Abstract

The case history of a patient with a retained wooden orbital foreign body is presented. The report illustrates the diagnostic limitations of orbital CAT scanning and ultrasonography. Systemic corticosteroid therapy facilitated the localisation and surgical removal of the foreign body.

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