TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - A minor lid laceration concealing a potentially life-threatening injury
JO  - BMJ case reports
A1  - Abdelaziz, Lamis
A1  - Barbara, Ramez
A1  - Scullion, David
A1  - Cosgrave, Edel
A1  - Metcalfe, Timothy
SP  - online
EP  - online
VL  - 2012
IS  - online
N2  - A 29-year-man presented with an injury to his left upper lid, having stumbled onto the tip of a pool cue. He presented with minimal signs and symptoms, initially thought as a minor lid laceration and was managed with lid suturing. Two months later, he presented with vertical diplopia on upward gaze and showed a picture consistent with traumatic Brown's syndrome. Subsequent imaging revealed the extent of orbital injury and confirmed a retained foreign body embedded in the frontal lobe of the brain. This was surgically removed and found to represent the tip of the pool cue. Postoperatively, the patient made a good recovery, although he still has a slight residual diplopia on upward gaze.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.03.2012.5982
ID  - ref1
ER  -