LARGEST INTRA ORBITAL ORGANIC FOREIGN BODY

Abstract

Penetrating intra orbital injury with wooden foreign body (FB)
is not an uncommonophthalmic emergency. The retention of
organic material frequently leads to complications and the
irremoval is of paramount importance. We present here a
patient who had a penetrating injury of the left orbit with a
wooden FB, which believe is the largest to be reported. The
patients presentation, investigations, treatment and the
followup is reported here with a succinct review of
management oforganic foreign bodies.