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Sight‐threatening orbital emphysema treated with needle decompression
Author(s) -
Singh Mandeep,
Phua Vanessa Mae,
Sundar Gangadhara
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01494.x
Subject(s) - medicine , subcutaneous emphysema , decompression , orbit (dynamics) , computed tomography , surgery , intraocular pressure , ophthalmology , complication , engineering , aerospace engineering
A bstract Orbital emphysema is rare in the absence of trauma, and is unlikely to result in visual loss. The authors describe a patient with no prior trauma who presented with decreased vision and increased intraocular pressure due to severe orbital emphysema after a sneeze. Computed tomography revealed subcutaneous emphysema of the lid and extraconal air in the orbit. Emergency needle decompression resulted in improvement in vision and intraocular pressure.