Partial avulsion of the inferior rectus: an unusual cause of diplopia after blunt orbital trauma.
A 14-year-old boy had a severe blow to the right orbit, which caused a blow-out fracture of the orbital floor and damage to the inferior rectus with resultant diplopia. After two operations his vision is still not perfect.
Ameerally
P J
PJ
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals Leicester, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK. pjameerally@yahoo.co.uk
Ormiston
I W
IW
Avery
C
C
D000293:Adolescent; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000293:injuries*; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*