Untreated 'blow-in' fracture of the orbital floor causing a mucocele: Report of an unusual late complication

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-259

  Nkenke, Emeka ^a   Amann, Kerstin ^a   Maier, Tobias ^a   Benz, Michaela ^a   Kramer, Manuel ^a   Haeusler, Gerd ^a   Benz, Stefanie ^a   Wiltfang, Joerg ^b   Vairaktaris, Eleftherios G ^b   Neukam, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a   Holbach, Leonhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Alloplastic reconstruction of the orbital floor; Blow in fracture; Exophthalmos; Mucocele; Untreated orbital floor fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXOPHTHALMOS; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCELE; ORBIT FRACTURE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; EXOPHTHALMOS; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOCELE; ORBITAL FRACTURES;

EID: 21344460012     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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