Acta Med. 2012, 55: 100-103

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.64

Unexpected Finding in Ocular Surface Trauma: A Large Intraorbital Foreign Body (Bullet)

Efstathios T. Detorakisa, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakisb, Eleni Drakonakic, Ekaterini Halkiaa, Miltiadis K. Tsilimbarisa

aUniversity General Hospital of Heraklion, Greece: Department of Ophthalmology
bUniversity General Hospital of Heraklion, Greece: Blood Donation Department
cUniversity General Hospital of Heraklion, Greece: Department of Radiology

Received November 18, 2011
Accepted May 31, 2012

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