LARGEST INTRA ORBITAL ORGANIC FOREIGN BODY

Penetrating intra orbital injury with wooden foreign body (FB) is not an uncommonophthalmic emergency. The retention of organic material frequently leads to complications and the irremoval is of paramount importance. We present here a patient who had a penetrating injury of the left orbit with a wooden FB, which believe is the largest to be reported. The patients presentation, investigations, treatment and the followup is reported here with a succinct review of management oforganic foreign bodies