Mara Albert-Fort Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Trapdoor orbital fracture, Pseudo-duane
Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Girona Doctor Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
Mara Albert-Fort is from Department of Ophthalmology in the University Hospital of Girona Doctor Josep Trueta, Avda de França s/n, E-17007 Girona, Spain. Mara Albert-Fort Skills and Expertise are Neurodegeneration, Photoreceptor Cells, Retinal Ganglion Cells.
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Mara Albert-Fort, Stephanie Lemaitre and Miguel González-Candial
Trapdoor orbital fractures are uncommon and tend to occur in children and young adults. Medial orbital wall fractures with associated incarceration of the medial rectus muscle have been reported as the most common cause of pseudo-Duane’s retraction syndrome. We report a case of a 10-year-old patient with isolated medial wall trapdoor orbital fracture with right medial rectus muscle entrapment visible on the CT scan. The patient complained of nausea and vomiting especially with abduction of the right eye and showed signs of pseudo-Duane’s syndrome. It was satisfactorily resolved via a transcaruncular approach.
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