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When an intraorbital foreign body is suspected, it is important for the management of the patient that the foreign body be identified and accurately localized. From the history of the patient’s injury, the referring physician should have a good idea as to the nature of the suspected foreign body (wood, plastic, iron, or other metals). Since an examination of the eyeball may be interfered with by exudate or bleeding, the grave sequelae of a retained foreign body (infection, calcification, or siderosis) require imaging techniques (radiography, tomography, computed tomography [CT], ultrasound, or Berman locator) for a definitive diagnosis. These studies should determine if one or more foreign bodies are present, if the objects are radiopaque, and if they are inside or outside the globe. Also, the object’s exact location and relationship to the wall of the eyeball should be established.
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Becker, M.H. (1986). Foreign Body Localization. In: Gonzalez, C.F., Becker, M.H., Flanagan, J.C. (eds) Diagnostic Imaging in Ophthalmology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8575-2_7
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