One case report: removal of foreign body in ethmoidal sinus-medial orbital wall through nose assisted by endoscope.
- Author:
Zeyin YANG
;
Xiaohong YANG
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Endoscopes;
Ethmoid Sinus;
Foreign Bodies;
surgery;
Humans;
Male;
Nose;
surgery;
Orbit;
Young Adult
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2013;27(13):732-732
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
UNLABELLED:The patient was male, 20 years old, and complained of pain, bleeding and decreased vision after the right eye was injured by nail for an hour.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION:right exophthalmos, conjunctival edema, skin laceration at the lower eyelid of right eye, limitation of eye movement, asymmetric eyes and weak light-reflecting. X-ray showed: metallic foreign body shadow in the right orbit, 0.5 cm x 0.4 cm approximately. Orbit and paranasal sinus CT showed: 1 hematoma of the right eye and inside. 2 high density foreign body embedded in the bone wall of the inside of right orbit and ethmoid. 3 medial wall fracture of right eye orbit. 4 bilateral maxillary sinus and right ethmoidal sinus effusion. 5 slightly left side of nasal septum. The patient was initially diagnosed as foreign body in right ethmoidal sinus, skin laceration of right lower eyelid, retrobulbar hematoma.
