Transorbital globe sparing penetrating cranial injury with a metallic screw: large cranio-orbital foreign body

An urgent CT scan was advised which revealed the extension of the foreign body (FB) into the basi-frontal lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere ( figure 1B ). (B) Sagittal section CT image of the head depicting the extension of the metallic screw towards the basi-frontal lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere. The patient was counselled for need of future ocular surface reconstruction followed by keratoplasty, and was immediately referred to corneal surgeon for urgent...