Wooden foreign body in the orbitocranial location

Abstract

Orbitocranial injuries caused by a wooden foreign body are rarely encountered.We present a 17-year-old boy who sustained an intracerebral injury from a wooden foreign body via the transorbital route. Almost all neuro-ophthalmological signs were present due to penetration of the material into the optic canal and superior orbital fissure.There was a minute laceration on the upper eyelid, whereas the eye bulb was macroscopically intact.The wooden foreign body (6.5cm in length) was removed via the upper eyelid. The diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of intracranial injuries caused by a wooden foreign body through the transorbital route are discussed in this paper.