[Traumatic superior orbital fissure syndrome: report of 4 cases and review of literature].
OBJECTIVE
The authors retrospectively analyzed four cases of posttraumatic superior orbital fissure syndrome and reviewed the literature.


METHODS
Four patients (three male and one female) were followed for this complication in the department from october 1995 to december 1996.


RESULTS
The mean age was 31 years, the median follow-up was 8 month. Computed tomography showed involvement of the superior orbital fissure but no in three patients, in the fourth. The treatment consisted of osteosynthesis of craniofacial fracture in three patients and corticosteroid therapy in the last one. All patients presented partial recuperation of external ophthalmoplegia and ptosis. Twelve months after the traumatism, one patient underwent surgery for persistant ptosis and diplopia.


CONCLUSIONS
The superior orbital fissure syndrome is an exceptional complication of orbital traumas. Partial recuperation of the neuro-ophthalmologic function usually occurs within a period of several months.
Giaoui
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Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Hôpital Salpêtrière, Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
Lockhart
R
R
Lafitte
F
F
Girard
B
B
Chikani
L
L
Fleuridas
G
G
Bertrand
J C
JC
Guilbert
F
F
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors