Atypical presentation of an unusual foreign body

A 14-year-old boy presented with intractable diplopia for 10 days following an assault. A thorough history revealed that he was unaware of any penetrating injury. However, imaging demonstrated a radiolucent foreign body between the globe and the orbital floor. On surgical exploration, it was found t...

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Autores principales: Arora, Vipul, Kim, Usha R, Shetty, Shashikant, Shah, Akash D
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20534931
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.64138
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author Arora, Vipul
Kim, Usha R
Shetty, Shashikant
Shah, Akash D
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description A 14-year-old boy presented with intractable diplopia for 10 days following an assault. A thorough history revealed that he was unaware of any penetrating injury. However, imaging demonstrated a radiolucent foreign body between the globe and the orbital floor. On surgical exploration, it was found to be the proximal part of a ball point pen. Its removal resulted in complete resolution of diplopia. Thorough clinical and radiological examination is recommended when a foreign body is suspected in pediatric patients. Prompt diagnosis will aid in early intervention and prevention of long-term complications.
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spelling pubmed-29070422010-08-02 Atypical presentation of an unusual foreign body Arora, Vipul Kim, Usha R Shetty, Shashikant Shah, Akash D Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication A 14-year-old boy presented with intractable diplopia for 10 days following an assault. A thorough history revealed that he was unaware of any penetrating injury. However, imaging demonstrated a radiolucent foreign body between the globe and the orbital floor. On surgical exploration, it was found to be the proximal part of a ball point pen. Its removal resulted in complete resolution of diplopia. Thorough clinical and radiological examination is recommended when a foreign body is suspected in pediatric patients. Prompt diagnosis will aid in early intervention and prevention of long-term complications. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2907042/ /pubmed/20534931 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.64138 Text en © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907042/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.64138
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