Goat horn-induced intracranial emphysema and orbital injury.

Authors

• Alison B Huggins
• James J Evans
• Adam E Flanders
• Michael P Rabinowitz

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2016

Abstract

This is a case description of a male patient found to have orbital and intracranial emphysema, specifically with air in his cavernous sinuses bilaterally following penetrating trauma to the medial orbit from a goat's horn. There were no orbital or skull base fractures. Although the presence of traumatic intracranial emphysema is not uncommon, it is typically the result of direct communication of the cranial vault with the paranasal sinuses in the setting of associated fracture or, alternatively, from direct penetration and inoculation. We present a rare case of orbital emphysema with traumatic intracranial emphysema without these previously described associations and postulate a mech``anism behind its development.

Volume

35

Issue

6

First Page

355

Last Page

356

ISSN

1744-5108

Published In/Presented At

Huggins, A. B., Evans, J. J., Flanders, A. E., & Rabinowitz, M. P. (2016). Goat horn-induced intracranial emphysema and orbital injury. Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 35(6), 355–356. https://doi.org/10.1080/01676830.2016.1193535

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

27559770

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article