Abstract
In 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.
MeSH terms
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Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
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Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
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Emphysema / etiology*
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Emphysema / pathology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Occipital Bone / injuries*
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Orbit / diagnostic imaging
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Orbit / pathology
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Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Orbital Diseases / etiology*
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Orbital Diseases / pathology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Valsalva Maneuver