Orbital Compartment Syndrome Following Post-Traumatic Subgaleal Hematoma

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Mar/Apr;33(2):e33-e36. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000684.

Abstract

Orbital extension of subgaleal hematoma is rare. This report describes the case of an otherwise healthy 10-year-old girl who developed delayed contralateral proptosis and external ophthalmoplegia after relatively minor right-sided forehead trauma. She was found to have bilateral subgaleal hematomas communicating with a left superior subperiostial orbital hematoma. Over the course of 2 days, she developed an orbital compartment syndrome requiring emergent canthotomy and cantholysis, followed by surgical incision and drainage of her scalp hematoma without orbitotomy. Hematologic work-up revealed heterozygous factor VII deficiency.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Compartment Syndromes / etiology*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
  • Factor VII Deficiency / complications
  • Female
  • Hematoma / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis*