One case report: removal of foreign body in ethmoidal sinus-medial orbital wall through nose assisted by endoscope / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

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.