WOODEN FOREIGN PARTICLES IN THE ORBIT - SPONTANEOUS-RECOVERY

A six-year-old boy consulted an ophthalmologist, because another boy h ad hit his right eye with a tree branch. There were slight corneal ero sions, and a superficial small wound in the oedematous upper lid. The erosions healed in 2 days, but the lid showed progressive ptosis and o edema. Computed tomography revealed a hyperdense, tight structure, whi ch was suspected to be a foreign particle. An orbital exploration was made three times, but the foreign body was not found. After prolonged suppuration, two wooden particles appeared spontaneously 4 and 5.5 mon ths after the trauma. After that, the suppuration subsided and the wou nd healed.