[Penetrating air gun pellet into the orbital apex].

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[Penetrating air gun pellet into the orbital apex].

Neurocirugia (Astur). 2017 Apr 14;:

Authors: Belmonte-Caro R, Garcia-Perla-Garcia A, Romero-Arce J, Infante-Cossio P

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.

PMID: 28416422 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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