• Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg · Jun 1995

    Case Reports

    Orbital emphysema following remote skull trauma.

    • S M Brown and G Lissner.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
    • Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 1995 Jun 1;11(2):142-3.

    AbstractIn an unusual case of orbital emphysema following nose blowing, a reliable patient history and examination demonstrated no direct trauma to the orbit. Blunt posterior skull trauma was sustained several hours before the development of the orbital emphysema. A "seismic" transmittal of force to the orbital walls is postulated.

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