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Airgun shot wound to the orbit with retention of pellet. Case report and review of the literature
Affiliations- Dept. of Neurosurgery, the Children's Memorial Health Center, Warsaw, Poland
- Medical Division, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
Shot wounds become a growing clinical concern in the civilian setting, due to increasing popularity of air guns among minors. We present a pediatric case of a shot wound to the orbit with sparing of the eyeball and retention of airgun pellet in the retrobulbar space. The pellet was removed 3 months after injury via lateral orbitotomy. Pathophysiology and ballistics of shot wounds are briefly reviewed and current views on the management strategy of shot wounds with retained projectile are discussed.
Abstract
Shot wounds become a growing clinical concern in the civilian setting, due to increasing popularity of air guns among minors. We present a pediatric case of a shot wound to the orbit with sparing of the eyeball and retention of airgun pellet in the retrobulbar space. The pellet was removed 3 months after injury via lateral orbitotomy. Pathophysiology and ballistics of shot wounds are briefly reviewed and current views on the management strategy of shot wounds with retained projectile are discussed.
Keywords
Airgun pellet, Orbit, Shot wound
About this articleTitle
Airgun shot wound to the orbit with retention of pellet. Case report and review of the literature
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Pages
379-382
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DOI
10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.05.007
Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2016;50(5):379-382.
Keywords
Airgun pellet
Orbit
Shot wound
Authors
Paweł Daszkiewicz
Dariusz Dziedzic
Piotr Daszkiewicz
