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

Kang,  B D; Jang,  M H

doi:2003.17.2.149

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Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 2003;17(2):149-153.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2003.17.2.149 Published online December 30, 2003.

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

B D Kang, M H Jang

Department of Ophthalmology, Dankook University Medical School & Hospital, Cheonan, Chungnam, Korea.

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.