title: Blindness following fracture of the zygomatic bone.
abstract: Two cases of blindness following fracture of a zygomatic bone, with disruption of the optic canal are reported. The importance of excluding optic canal disruption where blindness results subsequent to fracture or surgery to the orbit in the presence of certain features of retrobulbar haemorrhage is emphasised.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000293:injuries; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000150:complications*