Traumatic evulsion of the globe: a very rare complication of maxillofacial trauma.
Maxillofacial trauma may cause eye injury besides fractures of the facial skeleton. However, evulsion of the globe is a rare event, and there are only a few reports of true total enucleation of the globes in the literature. We report a 23-year-old man who was a victim of motorcycle accident, with enucleation of the globe, evulsion of the septal cartilage, and midfacial fractures. We reviewed and discussed the literature of traumatic evulsion of the globes in maxillofacial traumas.
Tunçbilek
Gökhan
G
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. gtunc@ada.net.tr
Işçi
Evren
E
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002356:Cartilage / Q000293:injuries; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000293:injuries; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000150:complications; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D009049:Motorcycles; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000150:complications