Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2012)

Magnetic resonance imaging of intact globe superior subluxation into the intracranium

  • Nariman Nezami,
  • Alireza Sadighi,
  • Babak Rahimi-Ardabili

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.91349
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 1
pp. 69 – 70

Abstract

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A 67-year-old man with right-sided blunt ocular trauma is reported here. Despite having received primary medical care, the patient complained of severe headache for 14 days. Initial computed tomography (CT) indicated hematoma in the right frontal lobe. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated that the right globe along with its optic nerve had been intactly dislocated into the intracranium and differentiated from hematoma. In this case, the significance of MRI, in blunt ocular trauma work-up, and also regaining successful ocular function are highlighted.

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