Retained Eyeglasses in the Orbital Cavity After Penetrating Facial Trauma

This study describes a 68-year-old man who was presented to the emergency department with left orbital cavity penetration by his eyeglasses. The eyeglasses had entered the orbit and at presentation his eyesight could not be measured. The foreign body was extracted carefully and panfacial bone fractures were then reduced through lateral rhinotomy combined with a lip-splitting incision. When planning removal of an unusual foreign body from the orbital cavity, care should be taken not to injure the optic nerve, periorbital musculatures, or the eyeball. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Il Gyu Kang, MD, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Guwol-dong 1198, Namdong-gu, Incheon City 405-760, Republic of Korea; E-mail: eyik@naver.com Received 18 May, 2018 Accepted 18 June, 2018 The authors report no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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