| Blowout fracture | |
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A inferior orbital (blow out) fracture on the persons left |
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| ICD-10 | S02.3 |
A blowout fracture is a fracture of the walls or floor of the orbit. Intraorbital material may be pushed out into one of the paranasal sinuses. This is most commonly caused by blunt trauma of the head, generally personal altercations. Orbital floor fractures were investigated and described by MacKenzie in Paris in 1844[1] and the term blow out fracture was coined in 1957 by Smith & Regan,[2] who were investigating injuries to the orbit and resultant inferior rectus entrapment, by placing a hurling ball on cadaverous orbits and striking it with a mallet. The force of a blow to the orbit is dissipated by a fracture of the surrounding bone, usually the orbital floor and/or the medial orbital wall. Serious consequences of such injury include diplopia in upgaze where there is significant damage to the orbital floor.
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Common medical causes of orbital fracture may include:
Surgery is indicated if
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