title: Traumatic longitudinal splitting of the inferior rectus muscle.
abstract: Orbital floor fractures and associated injuries can cause strabismus. We present the case of a 34-year-old man with incomitant strabismus after orbital reconstruction following a high-impact baseball injury. Multipositional, high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging revealed extensive longitudinal splitting of the inferior rectus muscle by an orbital floor implant that separated its orbital and global layers.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laursen
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Demer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000293:injuries*; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020273:Orbital Implants; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013285:Strabismus / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology