An unusual journey of a periocular date palm thorn

An 8-year-old boy presented with a left lower lid swelling of one month duration. His parents gave a history of date palm thorn injury on left side of the forehead three months back which was removed partially by a local doctor. On examination, there was a left infraorbital swelling with diffuse oedema of the left sided cheek and temporal fossa. A scar mark (entry wound) was detected over the left eyebrow. Three-D configuration of contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) of the orbit showed a linear foreign body behind the zygomatic bone. The lower lid mass was excised, the date palm thorn was recovered from a pocket behind the zygomatic bone. Histopathology of the excised mass showed presence of granulation tissue. We describe the management of such a rare case along with review of literature.