[Post-traumatic enophthalmos]

Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac. 1990:91 Suppl 1:54-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Based on 8 cases, the authors study the mechanisms involved in post-traumatic enophthalmos and demonstrate that they result from an increase in orbital volume. There are no grounds to suggest that the disappearance of orbital fat is involved.

MeSH terms

  • Edema / etiology
  • Enophthalmos / diagnostic imaging
  • Enophthalmos / etiology*
  • Enophthalmos / surgery
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Humans
  • Orbital Fractures / complications*
  • Orbital Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Fractures / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed