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| Year : 1992 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 94-95 |
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An unusual orbito-cranial foreign body
Madhumati Misra, GM Khan, Amar Bikram Mohanty, Sanatan Rath
Neuroophthalmic section, SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack-753 007, Orissa, India
Correspondence Address:
Madhumati Misra
Department of Ophthalmology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack - 753007 (ORISSA).
India
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PMID: 1302235 
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The rarity of orbito-cranial gun shot injury in both war and civilian practice has been reported. In a large series of 351 missile head injuries in the Vietnam war, orbital penetration was noted in 0.6% cases only. Review of literature shows that orbital injury was ipsilateral to the cerebral injury in most reported cases. We have previously reported a rare case of left parieto-occipital lobe injury due to gun shot wound of the contralateral (right) orbit. The case reported here sustained a bullet injury to the left frontal bone but the missile was located below the contralateral (right) optic canal. The rarity of the case prompted this report. |
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