title: [Fracture of the medial wall of the orbit. Apropos of 4 cases].
abstract: Fractures or the medial wall of the orbit are uncommon and clinical signs are often discreet. This report was focused on isolated fractures of the medial wall of the orbit. Blow-out trauma is usually the cause. In these cases the clinical signs ranged from simple ecchymosis to blindness by haematoma of the orbital cone. Computed tomography is a major tool for diagnosis and making therapeutic indications for these fractures. Treatment depends on the oculomotor involvements as measured by forced duction tests.
authors.affiliation: Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ducroz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Divaris
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamedani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slama
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chikhani
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guilbert
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000293:injuries; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Fracture de la paroi médiale de l'orbite. A propos de 4 observations.