title: Orbital rim trauma causing a blowout fracture.
abstract: A case report is presented that supports the theory that traumatic deformation of the bony orbital rims, without concomitant orbital soft-tissue injury, can cause an orbital blowout fracture.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005538:Football; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging