Proptosis from a cephalhematoma in a twelve-year-old girl--a case report

K S Lee; W K Bae; H S Lee; H G Bae; I G Yun

doi:10.3346/jkms.1991.6.3.251

Proptosis from a cephalhematoma in a twelve-year-old girl--a case report

J Korean Med Sci. 1991 Sep;6(3):251-4. doi: 10.3346/jkms.1991.6.3.251.

Authors

K S Lee¹, W K Bae, H S Lee, H G Bae, I G Yun

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

We report a unique case of a 12-year-old girl with unilateral proptosis form orbital extension of an extensive bilateral cephalhematoma. Loss of vision in the left eye due to severe proptosis was reversed by prompt aspiration and tarsorrhaphy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Child
Exophthalmos / diagnostic imaging
Exophthalmos / etiology*
Female
Hematoma / complications*
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Radiography