[Intraorbital haematoma while scuba diving--a case report].
BACKGROUND
Intraorbital haematoma while scuba diving is a rare finding after barotrauma.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 36-year-old woman presented with a swelling of the left lid after having dived to 10 m below sea level. The CT scan and MR imaging of the head revealed a retrobulbar intraconal haemorrhage within the left orbit. Three months after the accident the patient did not have any complaints, angiography could not detect any intracerebral vascular anomalies. As a complicating risk factor the patient had fibrous constrictions of both Eustachian tubes rendering the compulsory nasopharyngeal decompression process during scuba diving impossible.


CONCLUSIONS
Vascular intracerebral anomalies which could be the potential cause for the described retrobulbar haemorrhage must be excluded so as to reduce the risk of recurrence.
Bianda
J
J
Augenklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz.
von Arx
G
G
Chaloupka
K
K
D000328:Adult; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005130:Eye Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans