Citation

Belmonte-Caro R, Garcia-Perla-Garcia A, Romero-Arce J, Infante-Cossio P. Neurocirugia (Astur) 2017; 28(6): 306-309.

Vernacular Title

Penetración de un perdigón en el ápex orbitario.

Affiliation

Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España. Electronic address: pinfante@us.es.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.neucir.2017.02.002

PMID

28416422

Abstract

A foreign body penetrating into the intraconal orbital compartment poses a surgical challenge because of its deep location behind the globe and near the optic nerve. We present a case of an air gun pellet lodged into the orbital apex, which was removed via superolateral orbitotomy through coronal incision. This additional craniofacial technique is a safe procedure to access the lateral aspect of the intraconal compartment in the unusual event of having to remove an orbital foreign body.

Copyright © 2017 Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

Language: es

Keywords

Cuerpo extraño intraorbitario; Intraorbital foreign body; Manejo quirúrgico; Nervio óptico; Optic nerve; Orbital apex; Orbitotomy; Orbitotomía; Surgical management; Ápex orbitario