Foreign Body in the Orbital Floor: A Case Report

@article{AnanthKumar2015ForeignBI,
  title={Foreign Body in the Orbital Floor: A Case Report},
  author={G B Ananth Kumar and Vikas Dhupar and Francis Akkara and S Praveen Kumar},
  journal={Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery},
  year={2015},
  volume={14},
  pages={832-835}
}
An 11 year old girl reported to the department with the complaint of redness and pus discharge from her left eye. History revealed that the patient had a fall from bicycle and injured her left eye one month earlier. CT scan reported an ill defined radiolucency present in the floor of the orbit. On surgical exploration we retrieved a wooden piece along with its disintegrated particles from the orbital floor. The need for clinical suspicion, proper history, diagnostic modalities and management of… 
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