TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Intraorbital foreign body: A rifle bullet removed 20 years after the accident JO - European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases A1 - Clarós, P. A1 - Fokouo, J. V. F. A1 - Clarós, A. SP - 63 EP - 65 VL - 134 IS - 1 N2 - INTRODUCTION: Trauma of the orbit and eyeball is common, but intraorbital bullet is a relatively rare event. CLINICAL CASES: The authors report the management of a patient with chorioretinitis sclopetaria secondary to a gunshot wound twenty years previously.

DISCUSSION: The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this unusual case of intraorbital foreign body are discussed.

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LA - en SN - 1879-7296 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anorl.2016.04.003 ID - ref1 ER -