Intraorbital glass foreign body missed on CT imaging

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-82

  Figueira, Edwin C ^a   Francis, Ian C ^a   Wilcsek, Geoffrey A ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE SURGERY; EYELID; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASS BOTTLE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; FEMALE; GLASS; HUMANS; ORBIT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846452516     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31802c82a2     Document Type: Article

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