Orbito-sinal foreign body

Abstract

Perforating injuries of the orbit involving the paranasal sinuses are uncommon. We report a case in which a large wooden foreign body lodged in the posterior orbit and maxillary sinus was surgically removed by a combined approach by ophthalmologists and ear, nose and throat surgeons.

Keywords

• Foreign body
• maxillary
• orbit
• paranasal
• sinus
• stick
• wooden