Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 57. No. 4., 2018.
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https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.04.26
Penetrating Orbitocranial Injury
Marisa Klančnik
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Split, Croatia
Petar Ivanišević
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Split, Croatia
Slaven Lupi-Ferandin
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Split, Croatia
Ante Sučić
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Split, Croatia
Vlatko Ledenko
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Split, Croatia
Mladen Lešin
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Split, Croatia
Marina Krnić Martinić
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Split, Croatia
Ljubica Kuščić-Juretić
; University of Split, Split University Hospital Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Split, Croatia
Abstract
A case of a 37-year-old female patient is presented. The patient was admitted to the Surgical Emergency Unit after accidental fall on a metal rod when she had sustained stab injury of the right orbit with penetration into the right frontal brain lobe. Multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) showed penetrating injury and fracture of the right orbital roof without eyeball damage and endocranial impressed bone fragments into the right frontal brain lobe. Urgent surgical intervention was performed by a maxillofacial surgeon and neurosurgeon, including reposition of bone fragments of the orbital roof and cranioplasty. Reconstruction of Tenon’s capsule of the right eyeball was performed by an ophthalmologist. From the intraoperative wound swab of the orbit, Bacillus cereus was isolated, therefore the patient was administered ciprofloxacin and rifampicin as recommended by an infectious disease (ID) specialist. Follow up brain MSCT at 15 days and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain at 25 days showed brain edema in the right frontal area and signs of local brain abscess. Intravenous administration of the ciprofloxacin and metronidazole antibiotics with corticosteroids for edema suppression were ordered by the ID physician. Fourteen weeks after this therapy, brain MSCT showed complete abscess regression and no neurologic deficit with only mild psychomotor changes.
Keywords
Case reports; Head injuries, penetrating; Eye injuries, penetrating; Orbit; Brain edema
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Publication date:
1.12.2018.
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