A wooden foreign body penetrating the superior orbital fissure. Neurochirurgia [Neurochirurgia (Stuttg)] Journal article

Title	A wooden foreign body penetrating the superior orbital fissure.
Author(s)	Zentner J, Hassler W, Petersen D
Institution	Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tübingen.
Source	Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) 1991 Nov; 34(6):188-90.
MeSH	Bicycling Child Diagnosis, Differential Escherichia coli Infections Eye Foreign Bodies Eye Injuries, Penetrating Foreign Bodies Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Nerve Compression Syndromes Optic Nerve Diseases Orbit Tomography, X-Ray Computed Wood Wound Infection
Abstract	The case of a 12-year-old patient with a wooden foreign body which had penetrated the superior orbital fissure is presented. Using a transethmoidal approach, only some splinters lying in the periorbital soft tissue were removed. The patient became febrile, indicating an infectious complication due to a retained foreign body. This was confirmed by CT scan and MRI demonstrating a main splinter in the superior orbital fissure. Total removal of the wood was achieved via a pterional extradural approach. The difficulties of identifying wooden foreign bodies as well as the topographical problems involved with the approach to the superior orbital fissure are discussed.
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Case Reports Journal Article
PubMed ID	1775211

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