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Clinical Case Notes
Author(s) -
Muthiah Manickam Nick,
Day Alexander C,
Singh Ravinder P,
Malik Nabeel,
Adams Matt E,
Olver Jane M
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.1442-9071.2007.01584.x
Subject(s) - diplopia , medicine , etiology , emergency department , surgery , orbital diseases , accident and emergency , pediatrics , computed tomography , medical emergency , pathology , psychiatry , computed tomographic
A bstract Sudden onset nonaxial proptosis and diplopia is alarming and orbital haemorrhage or a rapidly expanding orbital tumour should be excluded. We present a case of a young man aged 15 years who attended the Accident and Emergency Department with a 6‐h history of sudden onset proptosis and diplopia in whom the aetiology was orbital emphysema.