Orbital foreign bodies

Orbital foreign bodies are found in a variety of instances according to the foreign body, its volume, its nature and its location. Clinical cases are variable. In an emergency, the suspicion of an orbital foreign body in case of an orbital wound is studied as well as the surgical indications for ext raction of this foreign body. Later, a misdiagnosed orbital foreign body ca n lead to infectious complications such as cellulitis, orbital abces, fistu la, or cerebral abcess with possible mortality. The different cases are pre sented with their surgical indications.