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Eye trauma Flashcards

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Blow out fracture

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Causes the thin orbital floor to break

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What muscle is commonly affected in a orbital blow out fracture

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Inferior rectus

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Presentation of an orbital blow out fracture

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Orbital ecchymosis

Hypertropia - eye in an upwards position

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Investigation for blow out fracture

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CT head

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Retrobulbar haemorrhage presentation

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Tight swollen eyelid 
Blurred vision 
Very painful (ischaemic tissue does not respond to anaesthetic)
Proptosis 
Pupil fixed and dilated
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Management of retrobulbar haemorrhage

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Ophthalmic emergency

- requires excision to relieve pressure - canthotomy and cantholysis

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