Spontaneous orbital floor fracture in thyroid eye disease

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jul-Aug;26(4):301-2. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181c1298e.

Abstract

Spontaneous orbital fracture is a rare entity. A 32-year-old man presented with thyroid eye disease and was found to have an orbital floor fracture on routine preoperative imaging without any antecedent relevant symptom or sign. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of an asymptomatic orbital fracture in a patient with thyroid eye disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • Adult
  • Bone Density
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / etiology*
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Orbital Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Fractures / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed