Citation

Kim UR, Sivaraman KR. Indian J. Ophthalmol. 2013; 61(2): 76-77.

Affiliation

Department of Orbit, Oculoplasty and Oncology, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0301-4738.107199

PMID

23412526

Abstract

Diving into lakes and ponds is a common activity of rural children. We present two cases of penetrating orbital injuries from plant matter sustained in this manner. Such injuries pose a particular challenge because wooden foreign bodies are often missed during orbital exploration, and current imaging modalities cannot reliably identify retained organic material. When a patient presents with orbital penetration after a high-risk mechanism of injury, such as freshwater diving, the clinician must maintain a very high index of suspicion for retained wooden foreign body.

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