The oculocardiac reflex in an adult with a non-displaced orbital floor fracture.
The current dogma is that the oculocardiac reflex from orbital trapdoor fractures occurs only in children and young adults. We present the occurrence of the oculocardiac reflex in an adult with a non-displaced orbital floor fracture. CT demonstrated the adventitia surrounding the inferior rectus trapped in and below the orbital floor fracture. The patient's oculocardiac reflex resolved by early next morning, presumably from the tissue escaping from the orbital floor defect.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California , USA.
Sundeep K
SK
Kasi
Ian R
IR
Gorovoy
M Reza
MR
Vagefi
Robert C
RC
Kersten
D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012024:Reflex, Oculocardiac; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity
Oculocardiac reflex; trapdoor fracture