TRAUMATIC EXOPHTHALMOS, WITH A CASE.1

Rhinoscleroma with exophthalmos: a case report.

This is a report of a 20-year-old Nigerian man with a 15-year history of exophthalmos and nasal blockage caused by rhinoscleromatous. The diagnosis was made by histopathological examination of a biopsy specimen taken from the nasal passages. Despite protracted antibiotic therapy the patient experienced recurrent exophthalmos. Computerised axial tomography and sinus films showed the lesion to ha...

Ak Improved Medium for Microbiological Assays with Lactobacillus Case1

Since its introduction as an assay organism for riboflavin (I), Lactobacilhs casei has been widely used for the determination of this and other vitamins which it requires (2-6). I,andy and Dicken (3) devised a single medium with which responses to each of t.he six vitamins required by this organism could be obtained. Experimental trial showed the medium to be lacking in substances which, though...

A case of intermittent exophthalmos.

A complication of peribulbar block in a patient with exophthalmos.

A patient with marked exophthalmos secondary to thyroid eye disease presented for tarsorrhaphy and removal of orbital fat. A single superolateral peribulbar injection was performed. After injection of 3.5 ml of local anaesthetic solution, the globe suddenly dislocated anteriorly. This complication has not been described previously. In patients with exophthalmos, general anaesthesia should be co...

Intermittent exophthalmos.

The syndrome of intermittent exophthalmos classically consists of enophthalmos with the head in the upright position, and exophthalmos which develops rapidly in one eye (usually the left) when venous stasis is induced by bending or lowering the head, turning the head forcibly, hyperextension of the neck, coughing, forced expiration with or without compression of the nostrils, or pressure on the...