| Title |
Peri-orbital foreign body: a case report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1752-1947-6-91 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Antonio Moretti, Melissa Laus, Domenico Crescenzi, Adelchi Croce |
| Abstract |
Foreign bodies inside the orbital cavity are rare. They can cause more or less serious complications, depending on their nature and size. We report a case of a work-related accident involving a peri-orbital foreign body. The patient was a 50-year-old Caucasian man whose face was injured on the right side while he was working with an agricultural machine. On admission, he was fully conscious and did not have any neurological deficits. He had no loss of vision or ocular motility, but had a laceration of the lateral side of his right upper eyelid. A computed tomographic scan revealed a 6-cm-long bended metal object lodged in the lateral bulbar space of the right orbit. The patient recovered well after surgery and a course of antibiotic therapy. The original aspects of this case are the singularity of the foreign body and its relative harmlessness in spite of its large size. |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Researcher | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 8 | 35% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 48% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 10 | 43% |
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