[GODREKR]

We report the case of a 6-year-old male child who was brought to us with a non-resolving painful swelling in the medial wall of right orbit. Radiological investigations revealed it to be a metallic foreign body. A careful history from the child and his parents revealed an incident suggestive of trauma to that region one month before presentation.

A careful history from the parents of the child revealed that the child had a fall from stairs around a month back while he was holding a pen with a metallic tip. It was associated with an injury to the medial wall of right orbit for which the patient received treatment from a local practitioner at his village.

The foreign body was removed under general anaesthesia using a vertical skin incision over the foreign body.

[patsy]

I did not think that the body would heal over that at all, let alone in only one month. Wouldn't the body reject the pen tip, seeing as it was inky and probably dirty (and foreign)?

Regardless, that's crazy.

[carkees]

wow!

[Rille]

Ohh... did we miss that..?

[oreon333]

Crazy

[Arkoquisa]

i once stabbed myself in the temple by accident, oh god SSOOOOO much blood, like this kid must feel, im eternally grateful to not have lost an eye

[collaredgirl65]

[Shelbeano ^-^]

Originally Posted by patsy ↗

I did not think that the body would heal over that at all, let alone in only one month. Wouldn't the body reject the pen tip, seeing as it was inky and probably dirty (and foreign)?

Regardless, that's crazy.

I think in this case, it's much like a piercing. If the body finds a foreign object as threatening, in most cases it will reject it. Seeing as how this pen tip was almost unarguably dirty, it is a wonder how it healed up so fast.

[Pelle]

The fuck is that?

[Angelahh]

in the 4th pic, did they suture her eye closed?