Late spontaneous extrusion of a wooden intraorbital foreign body

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2003 Mar;51(1):83-4.

Abstract

Wooden intraorbital foreign body is characteristic for delayed manifestation, silent progression and unpredictable outcome. A silent wooden intraorbital foreign body is difficult to diagnose clinically. Spontaneous expulsion of entire foreign body is rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / therapy
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / complications*
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / therapy
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Orbital Diseases / complications*
  • Orbital Diseases / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wood*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents