Diagnosis and management of a wooden orbital foreign body: case report.

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  • J A Macrae
چکیده

The case history of a patient with a retained wooden orbital foreign body is presented. The report illustrates the diagnostic limitations of orbital CAT scanning and ultrasonography. Systemic corticosteroid therapy facilitated the localisation and surgical removal of the foreign body.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 63 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1979