Intraorbital foreign body: A rifle bullet removed 20 years after the accident.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis

Clinique Clarós, C/Los Vergós, 31, 08017 Barcelona, Spain.

Published: February 2017

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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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anorl.2016.04.003DOI Listing

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