Citation

Lee JS, Lee JE, Oum BS, Cha SH. Korean J. Ophthalmol. 1999; 13(2): 128-132.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Korean Ophthalmological Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10761411

Abstract

A rare case of a patient with orbitocranial injury by a wooden foreign body is reported. Penetrating periorbital wound by a wooden stick with entry site at the right upper eyelid was related to the invasion into the temporal lobe. Fortunately, the anterior and posterior segments of eye were unharmed, but right ocular motility was markedly restricted mechanically in all directions. Forced duction test was strong positive, especially the dextroversion of the right eye. Computed tomography scan showed a well-delineated low density from the orbital wall into the temporal lobe. The wooden foreign body was subsequently removed from the orbit and the temporal lobe, through the neurosurgical frontotemporal approach. After the wooden foreign body was removed, the ocular movement of the right eye fully recovered without any intracranial or ocular complications.

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