Orbital Emphysema: Case Reports and Review of the Literature INGRID E. ZIMMER-GALLER, M.D., GEORGE B. BARTLEY, M.D. Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 69, Issue 2, Pages 115-121 (February 1994) DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2 Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 (case 3). A and B, Swelling of left eyelid, mild proptosis, and restriction of upgaze in 14-year-old boy after blunt trauma to left orbit. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1994 69, 115-121DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2) Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 (case 3). Radiograph of orbit, showing air in superior left orbit. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1994 69, 115-121DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2) Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 (case 3). Patient had complete recovery. (Photograph was taken 3 years after injury.) Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1994 69, 115-121DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2) Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 (case 4). Slit-lamp examination in 41-year-old man who was struck in left eye by compressed-air hose, showing subconjunctival air (arrows) and small conjunctival laceration in inferior fornix. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1994 69, 115-121DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2) Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 5 (case 5). Periorbital ecchymosis, subcutaneous eyelid emphysema, and subconjunctival emphysema in 74-year-old man who sustained blunt trauma to left orbit. (Completely ptotic upper lid is being held open.) Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1994 69, 115-121DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2) Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 6 (case 5). Computed tomographic scan of head, showing postoperative changes in left lateral orbit and proptosis and air (arrows) in left orbit. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1994 69, 115-121DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2) Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 7 (case 5). Complete recovery 1 month after injury. (Mild exotropia of left eye predated orbital trauma.) Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1994 69, 115-121DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61036-2) Copyright © 1994 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions