Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

CASE REPORT
Year
: 1992  |  Volume : 40  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 94--95

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

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.


How to cite this article:
Misra M, Khan G M, Mohanty AB, Rath S. An unusual orbito-cranial foreign body.Indian J Ophthalmol 1992;40:94-95


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Misra M, Khan G M, Mohanty AB, Rath S. An unusual orbito-cranial foreign body. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 1992 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];40:94-95
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