Turkish Neurosurgery 1995 , Vol 5 , Num 1-2
POST-TRAUMATIC TENSION PNEUMOORBITUS CASE REPORT
M. AKIF BAYAR1, Fatih KÖKEŞ2, Cevdet GÖKÇEK1, Saffet DOĞANAY1, Nurullah EDEBALI1, ZEKI BUHARALI1
1Neurosurgical Clinie, Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital, Ankara – Türkiye
2Sevgi Hospital, Ankara - Türkiye
Post-traumatic pneumoorbitus is generally a benign, self limiting condition. However, if a fracture produces ball-valve effect allowing air to enter but not leave the orbit, then extremely high intraorbital pressure and visual loss are possible. A 30- year old man with loss of vision because of tension pneumoorbitus who was successfully treated by craniotomy and in whom the defect in lamina papyracea was repaired by muscle packing is presented here. Keywords : Orbital trauma, Pneumoorbitus, central retinal artery occlusion
Corresponding author : M. Akif Bayar