Intraorbital foreign body: A rifle bullet removed 20 years after the accident.

INTRODUCTION: Trauma of the orbit and eyeball is common, but intraorbital bullet is a relatively rare event. CLINICAL CASES: The authors report the management of a patient with chorioretinitis sclopetaria secondary to a gunshot wound twenty years previously. DISCUSSION: The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this unusual case of intraorbital foreign body are discussed.