Tewfik Karim, Covelli Claudia, Rossini Manuela, Peta Caterina, Burlini Dante
Paediatric Head and Neck Department, Paediatric Maxillo-Facial Surgery Unit, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy.
Services Department, Pathology Unit, ASST del Garda, Brescia, Italy.
Ann Maxillofac Surg. 2022 Jan-Jun;12(1):72-75. doi: 10.4103/ams.ams_33_22. Epub 2022 Aug 16.
Orbitocranial penetrating injuries can accidentally occur in children while handling pencils and can cause severe sequelae such as ocular damage, brain lesion, intracranial haemorrhage, and infections.
We report the case of a 7-year-old child with an orbitocranial penetrating injury by a pencil, initially gone undetected, that caused a direct damage to the optic nerve.
Computed tomography scan with contrast detected the foreign body and the presence of a lesion of the left internal carotid artery.
Angiography was performed to treat the vascular lesion and to prevent haemorrhage. Subsequently, a craniotomy was performed to assist the extraction of the pencil from the entry wound and to remove residual fragments.
Left eye vision was lost. The 1-year follow-up was uneventful.
TAKE-AWAY LESSONS: Operative angiography is mandatory before the surgical extraction of the orbitocranial penetrating injury in case of documented intracranial vessel damage.
儿童在使用铅笔时可能意外发生眶颅穿透伤,并可导致严重后遗症,如眼部损伤、脑损伤、颅内出血和感染。
我们报告一例7岁儿童因铅笔导致眶颅穿透伤的病例,最初未被发现,该伤对视神经造成了直接损伤。
增强计算机断层扫描检测到异物以及左颈内动脉存在病变。
进行血管造影以治疗血管病变并预防出血。随后,进行开颅手术,以协助从伤口取出铅笔并清除残留碎片。
左眼视力丧失。1年的随访无异常情况。
如果有颅内血管损伤的记录,在手术取出眶颅穿透伤之前必须进行手术血管造影。