A CASE REPORT OF TRAUMATIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY –  DUE TO INJURY WITH RETAINED WOODEN STICK IN RIGHT ORBIT

Dr.K.Vijaya Sekhar; Dr. VMVRV PrasadaRao; Dr.P.V. Sri Rama Chandra Murthy

Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

A CASE REPORT OF TRAUMATIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY – DUE TO INJURY WITH RETAINED WOODEN STICK IN RIGHT ORBIT

Dr. K. Vijaya Sekhar, Dr. Vmvrv Prasadarao, Dr. P. V. Sri Rama Chandra Murthy

Abstract :

A50 years old male patient presented with the history of accidental fall in to pond and sustained injury by wooden stick which retained in right orbit. O/E swelling of both lids, with mild proptosis, wooden piece seen piercing through lower lid. Visual acuity –NO Perception of light CT scan of right orbit showing foreign body in the, medially in right orbit, Extending up to apex of orbit. Under local anesthesia the Foreign body (wooden piece) removed in totally from right orbit. Direct injury to optic nerve is common with fracture bone fragments in optic canal, but penetrating object directly causing optic nerve injury is that too without involving eyeball is rare as in our case