Spontaneous recovery of vision following an orbital haemorrhage.
A 73-year-old man presented to casualty with a penetrating orbital injury and total loss of vision in the affected eye. He subsequently spontaneously recovered full vision. We stress the need for frequent assessment of vision before considering potentially hazardous surgical intervention.
McIlwaine
G G
GG
Gartnaval General Hospital, Glasgow.
Fielder
A R
AR
Brittain
G P
GP
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*