Open AccessAn unusual intracerebral foreign body asSociated with eye trauma
Author(s) -
MBBS D. Lawson,
FRACO J. Glastonbury,
FRACS P. Oatey
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1990.tb00618.x
Subject(s) - foreign body , orbit (dynamics) , medicine , anatomy , surgery , engineering , aerospace engineering
A case report is presented of penetrating orbital trauma in the driver of a motor vehicle which collided with a kangaroo. A tooth fragment from the kangaroo traversed the orbit, lodging intracranially. Management of the case is described and appropriate choice of antibiotic regime discussed.