Rounding of the inferior rectus muscle: a helpful radiologic findings in the management of orbital floor fractures

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998 Mar;14(2):141-3. doi: 10.1097/00002341-199803000-00012.

Abstract

The authors describe a patient with an orbital floor fracture that did not demonstrate a distinct fracture on computed tomography (CT) imaging. The key radiologic finding was rounding of the inferior rectus muscle.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Occupational*
  • Adult
  • Eye Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Eye Injuries / etiology
  • Eye Injuries / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oculomotor Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Oculomotor Muscles / pathology
  • Oculomotor Muscles / surgery
  • Orbit / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbit / injuries*
  • Orbit / pathology
  • Orbital Fractures / diagnostic imaging*
  • Orbital Fractures / etiology
  • Orbital Fractures / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed