Intraorbital foreign body: A rifle bullet removed 20 years after the accident

Publication date: February 2017
Source:European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases, Volume 134, Issue 1
Author(s): P. Clarós, J.V.F. Fokouo, A. Clarós
IntroductionTrauma of the orbit and eyeball is common, but intraorbital bullet is a relatively rare event.Clinical casesThe authors report the management of a patient with chorioretinitis sclopetaria secondary to a gunshot wound twenty years previously.DiscussionThe clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this unusual case of intraorbital foreign body are discussed.



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