Frontal sinus pneumocoele: a rare cause of orbital emphysema

Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2007 Nov;35(8):772-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01584.x.

Abstract

Sudden onset nonaxial proptosis and diplopia is alarming and orbital haemorrhage or a rapidly expanding orbital tumour should be excluded. We present a case of a young man aged 15 years who attended the Accident and Emergency Department with a 6-h history of sudden onset proptosis and diplopia in whom the aetiology was orbital emphysema.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diplopia / diagnosis
  • Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
  • Emphysema / etiology*
  • Emphysema / physiopathology
  • Exophthalmos / diagnosis
  • Frontal Sinus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Frontal Sinus / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mucocele / complications*
  • Mucocele / diagnostic imaging
  • Mucocele / physiopathology
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Diseases / etiology*
  • Orbital Diseases / physiopathology
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / complications*
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / physiopathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed