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.
Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1879-7296 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anorl.2016.04.003 ID - ref1 ER -