Korean J Ophthalmol.  2003 Dec;17(2):149-153. 10.3341/kjo.2003.17.2.149.

A case of blowout fracture of the orbital wall with eyeball entrapped within the ethmoid sinus

• Kang BD
• Jang MH

• KMID: 1037772
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2003.17.2.149

Abstract

Blowout fractures, fractures of an orbital wall, are a common result of orbital injury. The author has experienced a case of a 66-year-old man who sustained a blowout fracture of the orbital wall with his intact eyeball entrapped within the ethmoid sinus. After undergoing a successful reduction surgery, the eyeball was repositioned to its original position, but the patient lost extraocular motility as well as vision. The final visual acuity was perception of light as a result of traumatic optic nerve injury and secondary retinal ischemia.

MeSH Terms

Aged
Eye Diseases/etiology*
Eye Diseases/pathology
Eye Diseases/radiography
Eye Diseases/surgery
Hernia/etiology*
Hernia/pathology
Hernia/radiography
Hernia/surgery
Human
Male
Orbital Fractures/complications*
Orbital Fractures/pathology
Orbital Fractures/radiography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed