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Radiology, Vol 185, 507-508, Copyright © 1992 by Radiological Society of North America

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Intraorbital wood foreign body mimicking air at CT

CF Roberts and PJ Leehey 3d
Department of Radiology, Gundersen Clinic Ltd, Gundersen-Lutheran Medical, La Crosse, WI 54601.

Computed tomography (CT) revealed a 2-cm linear area of extremely low attenuation in the left orbit of a boy who had been poked in the eye with a tree branch. The appearance and attenuation of the area suggested air, so a diagnosis of orbital emphysema was initially considered. Further research indicated that wood mimics the CT attenuation and appearance of air. A wood splinter was surgically removed from the orbit.


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