Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture

Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture

Osama H Ababneh Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Jordan and Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan Abstract: A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with the complaint of a sudden, painful left eye and proptosis after an episode of sneezing. A few hours earlier, he h...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:138f785dedba4ba3b23a51310654758a2021-12-02T04:22:16ZOrbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/138f785dedba4ba3b23a51310654758a2013-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/orbital-subconjunctival-and-subcutaneous-emphysema-after-an-orbital-fl-a13248https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Osama H Ababneh Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Jordan and Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan Abstract: A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with the complaint of a sudden, painful left eye and proptosis after an episode of sneezing. A few hours earlier, he had sustained a blunt trauma to the left orbit as the result of a fistfight. The initial examination showed subcutaneous and subconjunctival emphysema. Visual acuity in the left eye was 20/30 (0.67), the pupils were reactive with no relative afferent pupillary defect, and there were mild limitations in levoduction and supraduction. A slit-lamp examination showed normal anterior and posterior segments with an intraocular pressure of 26 mmHg. An orbital computed tomography scan showed orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema associated with a small fracture of the orbital floor. Following conservative management with broad-spectrum oral antibiotics, a topical antiglaucoma drug, and lubricating eye drops, the patient improved dramatically within one week. Keywords: emphysema, orbital fracture, traumaAbabneh OHDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2013, Iss default, Pp 1077-1079 (2013)
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Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture
description Osama H Ababneh Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Jordan and Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan Abstract: A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with the complaint of a sudden, painful left eye and proptosis after an episode of sneezing. A few hours earlier, he had sustained a blunt trauma to the left orbit as the result of a fistfight. The initial examination showed subcutaneous and subconjunctival emphysema. Visual acuity in the left eye was 20/30 (0.67), the pupils were reactive with no relative afferent pupillary defect, and there were mild limitations in levoduction and supraduction. A slit-lamp examination showed normal anterior and posterior segments with an intraocular pressure of 26 mmHg. An orbital computed tomography scan showed orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema associated with a small fracture of the orbital floor. Following conservative management with broad-spectrum oral antibiotics, a topical antiglaucoma drug, and lubricating eye drops, the patient improved dramatically within one week. Keywords: emphysema, orbital fracture, trauma
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title Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture
title_short Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture
title_full Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture
title_fullStr Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture
title_full_unstemmed Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture
title_sort orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2013
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