Citation

Carneiro JT, da Silva Tabosa AK, de Souza FJ, Hitoshi Shinohara E. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2011; 15(2): 107-108.

Affiliation

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Estadual Ophyr Loyola, Former Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto-UFPA, Belém, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10006-010-0213-1

PMID

20336336

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Impacted knife injuries in the maxillofacial region are rare and infrequently reported. In cases of injury involving orbit or eye, these reports are even rarer. DISCUSSION: Damage to the orbital contents may result in a rupture of the globe, extraocular muscle injury, lacrimal gland damage, and others. Orbital foreign bodies are not only difficult to detect, and clinical features vary according to its size, characteristics, shape, penetrating method, and site. In this report, a case of abducens nerve palsy after orbitoethmoidal knife injury is presented.

Language: en