1. Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving.
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Kim UR and Sivaraman KR
- Subjects
- Child, Eye Foreign Bodies diagnostic imaging, Eye Foreign Bodies surgery, Eye Injuries, Penetrating diagnostic imaging, Eye Injuries, Penetrating surgery, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, Orbit diagnostic imaging, Orbit surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Visual Acuity, Diving injuries, Eye Foreign Bodies etiology, Eye Injuries, Penetrating etiology, Orbit injuries, Ponds, Rivers, Wood
- Abstract
Diving into lakes and ponds is a common activity of rural children. We present two cases of penetrating orbital injuries from plant matter sustained in this manner. Such injuries pose a particular challenge because wooden foreign bodies are often missed during orbital exploration, and current imaging modalities cannot reliably identify retained organic material. When a patient presents with orbital penetration after a high-risk mechanism of injury, such as freshwater diving, the clinician must maintain a very high index of suspicion for retained wooden foreign body.
- Published
- 2013
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