Citation

Bajor A, Calvelli K, Janke E, Bialon P, Lang J, Bültmann E, Brunotte I, Framme C. Ophthalmologe 2016; 113(9): 772-774.

Vernacular Title

Quäntchen Glück bei einer selbst induzierten penetrierenden Orbitaverletzung.

Affiliation

Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00347-015-0211-7

PMID

26792786

Abstract

Presentation of a patient with two foreign bodies each 21 cm long in left nasal orbit and penetrating as far as the sinciput. The patient had been knitting at the time of the accident and had probably autonomously thrust the two knitting needles into the left orbit, as assessed by questioning of other parties. The patient had a known history of paranoid schizophrenia and dementia. Central imaging revealed the position of the knitting needles with respect to the intracranial vessels to be threatening. The surgical removal of the knitting needles was carried out without any serious complications, such as intracranial hemorrhage.

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