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-oplithalmological 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 (6-5 cm 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.