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Orbitoethmoidal impacted injury by kitchen knife causing abducens nerve palsy

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Introduction

Impacted knife injuries in the maxillofacial region are rare and infrequently reported. In cases of injury involving orbit or eye, these reports are even rarer.

Discussion

Damage to the orbital contents may result in a rupture of the globe, extraocular muscle injury, lacrimal gland damage, and others. Orbital foreign bodies are not only difficult to detect, and clinical features vary according to its size, characteristics, shape, penetrating method, and site. In this report, a case of abducens nerve palsy after orbitoethmoidal knife injury is presented.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Estadual Ophyr Loyola, Former Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto—UFPA, Belém, Brazil

    José Thiers Carneiro Jr.

  2. Oral Pathology Department, Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto—UFPA, Belém, Brazil

    Ana Karla da Silva Tabosa

  3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital da Ordem Terceira, Belém, Pará, Brazil

    Fernando Jordão de Souza Jr.

  4. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Group, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av Albert Einstein, 627, sl 1101/1103, Morumbi, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05651-901, Brazil

    Elio Hitoshi Shinohara

  5. Post graduate Program, Araçatuba Dental School—UNESP, Araçatuba, Brazil

    Elio Hitoshi Shinohara

  6. UNINOVE Dental School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Elio Hitoshi Shinohara

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Carneiro, J.T., da Silva Tabosa, A.K., de Souza, F.J. et al. Orbitoethmoidal impacted injury by kitchen knife causing abducens nerve palsy. Oral Maxillofac Surg 15, 107–108 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-010-0213-1

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