Pneumomediastinum following blowout fracture of the medial orbital wall: A case report

Yehoshua Almog; Yoram Mayron; Judith Weiss; Moshe Lazar; Eliezer Avrahami

doi:10.1097/00002341-199312000-00011

Pneumomediastinum following blowout fracture of the medial orbital wall: A case report

Yehoshua Almog^*, Yoram Mayron, Judith Weiss, Moshe Lazar, Eliezer Avrahami

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Abstract

An unusual case of cervical emphysema and pneumomediastinum following a blowout fracture of the medial orbital wall is presented. Severe pulmonary distress did not occur, and the trapped air rapidly absorbed. The source of the emphysema and its progression is discussed considering the anatomic relations of the facial and cervical subcutaneous space and the mediastinum. To our knowledge, this complication is rare and has been documented only once before in an isolated blowout fracture of the orbit.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-291
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00002341-199312000-00011
State	Published - Dec 1993

Keywords

Blowout fracture
Orbit
Pneumomediastinum
Subcutaneous emphysema

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