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Case Reports
. 1976 May;13(3):136-8.

Clinical picture and management of subperiosteal hematoma of the orbit

J R Wolter, J A Leenhouts, S W Coulthard
  • PMID: 1018191
Case Reports

Clinical picture and management of subperiosteal hematoma of the orbit

J R Wolter et al. J Pediatr Ophthalmol. 1976 May.

Abstract

A subperiosteal hematoma was seen in a 14-year-old boy following a blow to his head during a car accident. The involved orbit exhibited exophthalmus and inability of the eye to move above the horizontal. X-rays revealed a hairline fracture of the skull and a hemotympanum was found on the injured side. A subperiosteal hematoma of the orbital roof was suspected. Needle aspiration of the blood from the orbital hematoma resulted in an almost immediate cure of all orbital and occular problems.

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