Clinical picture and management of subperiosteal hematoma of the orbit.
A subperiosteal hematoma was seen in a 14-year-old boy following a blow to his head during a car accident. The involved orbit exhibited exophthalmus and inability of the eye to move above the horizontal. X-rays revealed a hairline fracture of the skull and a hemotympanum was found on the injured side. A subperiosteal hematoma of the orbital roof was suspected. Needle aspiration of the blood from the orbital hematoma resulted in an almost immediate cure of all orbital and occular problems.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D009915:Orbit; D010521:Periosteum; D013396:Suction; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications