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Superior blowout fracture of the orbit: the blowup fracture. |
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| Authors: | M I Rothman E M Simon G H Zoarski M T Zagardo |
| Abstract: | We describe a patient who sustained a blowout fracture of the superior orbital roof without an orbital rim fracture. The initial CT study (obtained with 10-mm-thick sections) did not show herniation of the intraorbital fat into the anterior cranial fossa; however, thin (3-mm-thick) direct orbital sections showed a fracture of the midportion of the superomedial orbital roof with displacement of the fracture fragment into the anterior cranial fossa. |
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