A case of penetrating orbitocranial injury

Authors

  • Abbas Hosseinirad Department of Ophthalmology, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand,
  • Hoda Dadgar Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
  • Jalal Ahmadi Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery Department, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
  • Mahmoud Ganjifard Department of Anesthesiology, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Abstract:

The case is a 2-year-old previously healthy girl with coincidental penetrating eye and brain injury. A metal rod was inserted into the skull through the upper border of the right globe. After admission and diagnostic and surgical approaches, the rod was removed under general anesthesia, and no brain hematoma or ocular and significant periocular injuries were detected. No neurologic and ophthalmologic signs and symptoms were observed during hospitalization, and follow-up brain CT was normal.

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volume 5  issue 1

pages  39- 42

publication date 2017-10

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