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Figure 1: a) Axial CT-Scan revealed a metallic foreign body in the anterior, medial, superior part of the orbit (arrow), no bulb injury, no fracture of the frontal sinus (case 1). b) Intraoperative (same patient): Intraorbital approach through a paranasal incision. The arrow points at the metallic foreign body. c) Axial CT-Scan demonstrated a posterior located intraorbital foreign body with close location to the optic nerve (arrow). Double penetration bulb injury (case 2). d) Axial CT-Scan indicated a wooden foreign body in the lower eyelid. Evident inflammatory signs within the orbit and the soft tissue (case 3).