Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving.
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2013-02
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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.
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Foreign body, imaging, orbit, wooden
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Kim Usha R, Sivaraman Kavitha R. Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2013 Feb; 61(2): 76-77.