Introduction: Intraorbital penetration caused by foreign bodies can lead to blindness or even death following concomitant intracranial damage. Case Presentation: This study reports a three-year-old girl whose left orbit was penetrated by a long pencil. The penetration did not cause any ocular or neurological damage. Conclusions: A computed tomography (CT) scan is the key imaging study for diagnosing the location and the extension of a foreign body. In this case, it indicated a hypodense object with a high-intensity core that is compatible with the wooden and carbon parts of a pencil, respectively. The pencil was removed easily under general anesthesia and without complications.
Torabi, H. & Tabatabai, S. (2017). Intraorbital Penetrating Pencil Injury in a Child. (e100085). Trauma Monthly, 22(4), e100085 https://doi.org/10.5812/traumamon.34641
MLA
Torabi, H., & Tabatabai, S. "Intraorbital Penetrating Pencil Injury in a Child" .e100085 , Trauma Monthly, 22, 4, 2017, e100085. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.34641
HARVARD
Torabi H., Tabatabai S. (2017). 'Intraorbital Penetrating Pencil Injury in a Child', Trauma Monthly, 22(4), e100085. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.34641
CHICAGO
H. Torabi & S. Tabatabai, "Intraorbital Penetrating Pencil Injury in a Child," Trauma Monthly, 22 4 (2017): e100085, doi: 10.5812/traumamon.34641
VANCOUVER
Torabi H., Tabatabai S. Intraorbital Penetrating Pencil Injury in a Child. Trauma Mon. 2017;22(4):e100085. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.34641
