Orbital emphysema following remote skull trauma.
In an unusual case of orbital emphysema following nose blowing, a reliable patient history and examination demonstrated no direct trauma to the orbit. Blunt posterior skull trauma was sustained several hours before the development of the orbital emphysema. A "seismic" transmittal of force to the orbital walls is postulated.
Brown
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Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Lissner
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D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver