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Case Reports
. 2007 Apr;45(3):240-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.08.018. Epub 2005 Nov 2.

Partial avulsion of the inferior rectus: an unusual cause of diplopia after blunt orbital trauma

P J Ameerally  1 , I W Ormiston, C Avery
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Partial avulsion of the inferior rectus: an unusual cause of diplopia after blunt orbital trauma

P J Ameerally et al. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

A 14-year-old boy had a severe blow to the right orbit, which caused a blow-out fracture of the orbital floor and damage to the inferior rectus with resultant diplopia. After two operations his vision is still not perfect.

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