TY - JOUR A1 - Kim, Usha A1 - Sivaraman, Kavitha T1 - Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving Y1 - 2013/2/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 76 EP - 77 VL - 61 IS - 2 UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2013;volume=61;issue=2;spage=76;epage=77;aulast=Kim DO - 10.4103/0301-4738.107199 N2 - 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. ER -