Long wooden stick penetrating across the retromandibular, nasopharyngeal and contralateral orbital region in a child

A wooden stick firmly inserted into the retromandibular region of the child. A: magnification of the entry of wooden stick.

CT scan demonstrating concaved skin of entrance of wooden stick and swollen oropharyngeal soft tissue (A) and air-mimicking space implying the accommodation of wooden foreign body (B).

CT scan demonstrating fracture of posterior wall of maxilla and accumulation of blood of in the maxillary sinus (A) and fracture of medial wall of orbit with intraorbital soft tissue being pushed laterally and forward which resulting in protruding eyeball of the corresponding side (B).

Specimen of the wooden stick, about 10cm long and 1.2cm in diameter, the debris was removed by endoscopic re-examination of the wounds.