Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus
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J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus · Sep 1979
Case ReportsSubperiosteal hematomas of the orbit in young males: a serious complication of trauma or surgery in the eye region.
Three documented cases of subperiosteal hematomas in the region of the orbital roof of young males are used to demonstrate the unpredictable appearance, the obscure nature, the complications and the treatment of this process. One case occurred in a 14-year-old boy following blunt head trauma and was cured by aspiration. ⋯ The third case developed in an 18-year-old male as a complication of acute purulent endophthalmitis following an intraocular foreign body. The aim of this study is to separate subperiosteal hematomas and to show that it is a concise clinical entity with its own typical history, appearance and treatment.