RT - Journal TY - JOUR A1 - Natung, Tanie A1 - Shullai, Wakaru A1 - Lynser, Donbok A1 - Tripathy, Taraprasad T1 - A challenging case of a large intraorbital foreign body perforating the nasal septum in a child YR - 2018/10/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 1511 OP - 1513 VO - 66 IS - 10 UL - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=10;spage=1511;epage=1513;aulast=Natung;t=5 DO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_150_18 N2 - A 5 year old boy with a history of fall from a height of about 4 feet, presented after one week with swelling, watering and discharge of the right eye. He had severe conjunctival chemosis with superior displacement of the globe. Computed Tomography (CT) showed a linear low attenuation tract in the right orbit extending from the inferolateral wall up to the left uncinate process of the ethmoid bone with increasing Hounsfield unit after 10 days. The parents did not agree for early exploration. After 10 days an exploration was done and a large linear and irregular wooden foreign body (FB) measuring 4.5 x 1.5 cm2 was removed from the right orbit and a smaller one from the nasal cavity. Four weeks post surgery, his vision was 6/9 in the right eye with the eyeball in the normal position. This case was challenging because of the late presentation, parents not agreeing for early exploration, difficulty in diagnosing by CT and a large and very deep penetrating FB. ER -