Subconjunctival Orbital Fat Prolapse: Diagnosis and Management

Evaluation of the association between subconjunctival orbital fat prolapse and thyroid-associated orbitopathy

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Subconjunctival fat prolapse: a disease little known to radiologists

Subconjunctival fat prolapse and dermolipoma of the orbit: differentiation on CT and MR imaging.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Subconjunctival fat prolapse and dermolipoma of the orbit are unfamiliar to radiologists and yet should be differentiated because their treatments are different. The purpose of this study was to investigate the CT and MR imaging findings that distinguish these 2 conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1995 and 2009, we found 33 patients (27 men, 6 women; mean age, 63 ...

Orbital, subconjunctival, and subcutaneous emphysema after an orbital floor fracture

A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with the complaint of a sudden, painful left eye and proptosis after an episode of sneezing. A few hours earlier, he had sustained a blunt trauma to the left orbit as the result of a fistfight. The initial examination showed subcutaneous and subconjunctival emphysema. Visual acuity in the left eye was 20/30 (0.67), the pupils were reactive...

Diagnosis and Management of Orbital Cellulitis

Orbital cellulites is an uncommon infectious process in which patient may present with pain, reduced visual acuity, compromised ocular motility and significant proptosis. [1][3] In the modern era of relatively early access to the health care facilities, complete loss of vi‐ sion from orbital cellulitis is rare. In the vast majority of cases, a history of upper respirato‐ ry tract infection prio...