Prediction of enophthalmos by computed tomography after 'blow out' orbital fracture.

Prediction of enophthalmos by computed tomography after 'blow out' orbital fracture.

In 11 patients with blow out fracture of the orbit, measurement of orbital volume using computed tomography (CT) more than 20 days after injury correlated well with enophthalmos measured from the same scans (r = 0.87, p < 0.001, SEE 0.63 mm), with a 1 cm3 increase in orbital volume causing 0.8 mm of enophthalmos. This confirms the cause of enophthalmos after blow out fracture to be increase in ...

Orbital blow out fracture.

Computed tomography of blow-out fracture of the medial orbital wall.

Computed tomographic (CT) findings in four patients with isolated blow-out fracture of the medial orbital wall are reported. CT delineated the fracture site and its extent in each case, and clearly demonstrated medial rectus muscle entrapement in two. This was confirmed by surgery. CT was found superior to poly tomography and proved to be the best radiologic means for the diagnosis of medial or...

Effectiveness of Computed Tomography for Blow-out Fracture

PURPOSE This study assessed the association between eye symptoms (enophthalmos or diplopia) and site of damage, volume, deviated inferior rectus muscle (IRM) and type of fracture with computed tomography (CT). The intent is to anticipate the prognosis of orbital trauma at initial diagnosis. METHODS Forty-five patients were diagnosed with fractures of the inferior wall of one orbit. Fracture a...

Blow-out fracture of the orbital floor.

Six patients with blowout fractures of the orbital floor, not associated with infraorbital rim fractures, are presented. Diplopia, infraorbital anesthesia and enophthalmos following blunt trauma to the eye should alert the examiner to the possibility of a blowout fracture with incarceration of extraocular tissues. Early roentgenographic examinations are often difficult to evaluate because of pe...