title: Subperiosteal orbital hemorrhage complicating cardiac surgery.
abstract: Subperiosteal orbital hemorrhage (SPOH) following cardiac surgery has not been previously reported. We present a patient who developed diplopia and right eye proptosis immediately after cardiac surgery for a mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass graft. A computed tomography (CT) study demonstrated a right superior SPOH. The diplopia and proptosis resolved spontaneously within 4 weeks. Follow-up CT showed complete resolution of the SPOH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainsville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Marc C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Peden
authors.forename: M Tariq
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bhatti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D019315:Retrobulbar Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods