TY - JOUR T1 - Silent orbitocranial penetration by a pencil. JF - Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine JO - Arch Emerg Med SP - 274 LP - 275 DO - 10.1136/emj.15.4.274 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - S Dinakaran AU - P J Noble Y1 - 1998/07/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/15/4/274.abstract N2 - OBJECTIVE: To emphasise the value of computed tomography even in the absence of symptoms in a case of penetrating injury of the upper eyelid. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: Although clinically asymptomatic, penetration of upper eyelid was associated with intracranial penetration that left a track in the brain parenchyma. CONCLUSIONS: Computed tomography of orbit and brain is an important investigation, even in seemingly trivial eyelid injury, to reveal the full extent of the damage. ER -