A case of delayed oculocardiac reflex induced by an intraorbital foreign body

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Jan-Feb;27(1):e2-4. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181d644f4.

Abstract

A 56-year-old male presented with a history of left periorbital pain, nausea, vomiting, dyspnea, sweating, and pallor. His left eye was injured by a bomb explosion approximately 40 years ago. Evisceration was performed. There were no cardiopulmonary and gastroenterological findings except mild bradycardia (54/min). CT evaluation revealed a 4-cm-sized, sharp, metallic, intraorbital foreign body in the left orbit. After the removal of the foreign body, the symptoms completely resolved with a normal heart rate (69/min). The authors present a case of delayed oculocardiac reflex induced by an old intraorbital foreign body.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blast Injuries / complications
  • Eye Evisceration
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Eye Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / complications*
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / diagnostic imaging
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating / surgery
  • Eye Pain / etiology
  • Heart Rate
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metals*
  • Middle Aged
  • Nausea / etiology
  • Orbit / injuries*
  • Orbital Implants
  • Reflex, Oculocardiac*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vomiting / etiology

Substances

  • Metals