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Case Reports
. 1978 May-Jun;15(3):151-3.
doi: 10.3928/0191-3913-19780501-07.

Posttraumatic subgaleal hematoma extending into the orbit as a cause of permanent blindness

J R Wolter, G J Vanderveen, R L Wacksman
Case Reports

Posttraumatic subgaleal hematoma extending into the orbit as a cause of permanent blindness

J R Wolter et al. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 1978 May-Jun.

Abstract

A delayed subgaleal hematoma developing after blunt head trauma extended into the right orbit to form a subperiosteal hematoma on the orbital roof. Permanent blindness was found in the involved eye six days after the injury.

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