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May 13, 2026Indian Journal of Ophthalmology - Case ReportsOpen Access

CT can miss it: Wooden orbital trauma after a road accident

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SGSilka GuptaASAtipriya SethiMGMadhav Goel

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Overview

Case report reveals that wooden foreign bodies can be overlooked on CT, emphasizing the need for thorough clinical assessment.

Key Points

  • The aim is to highlight the diagnostic challenges posed by wooden foreign bodies in periorbital trauma.
  • Case presentation of a 31-year-old male after motorcycle accident with right upper eyelid injury.
  • Noncontrast CT scans conducted but failed to detect wooden fragment.
  • Surgical exploration performed leading to the extraction of a 7–8-cm wooden fragment.
  • Initial CT failed to identify the 7–8-cm wooden foreign body; the imaging showed no retained foreign body.
  • Postoperative recovery was uneventful with preserved vision at 6/9. Database indicates its common diagnostic limitation with wooden materials.
  • Use of antifungal agents considered necessary to prevent potential infections from retained wooden foreign bodies.

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Gupta et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0415aa79e20c90b444568ehttps://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.ijo_1283_25
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