Vol. 5 (02) pp. 1534-1535 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3311

HIGH VELOCITY PENETRATING FOREIGN BODY SUSTAINED IN PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA, CASE REPORT.

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  • Medical Intern, Arabian gulf university.
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Abstract

Craniofacial penetrating foreign body involving the pterygopalatine fossa is a rare condition, it present 2.17% of all head and neck trauma. It could be life-threatening due to injury of vital surrounding structure such as eyes, carotid arteries and cranial nerves.35We present a case of a sustained foreign body in the pterygopalatine fossa in a 3-year-old boy sparing the eyes and vasculature. The object was a gun shoot.it was removed successfully using endoscopic approach with no complication.

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Ridha F. Albahrani, Ali S. Albrahim and Hussain A. Alabdulal. (2017); HIGH VELOCITY PENETRATING FOREIGN BODY SUSTAINED IN PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA, CASE REPORT., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 5 (02), 1534-1535, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3311

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RIDHA F. ALBAHRANI, ALI S. ALBRAHIM, HUSSAIN A. ALABDULAL

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