Proptosis from a cephalhematoma in a twelve-year-old girl: a case report.
10.3346/jkms.1991.6.3.251
- Author:
Kyeong Seok LEE
1
;
Won Kyeong BAE
;
Heung Sun LEE
;
Hack Gun BAE
;
Il Gyu YUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Proptosis;
Cephalhematoma;
Head Injury
- MeSH:
Cerebral Hemorrhage/*complications/radiography;
Child;
Exophthalmos/*etiology/radiography;
Female;
Hematoma/*complications/radiography;
Humans
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
1991;6(3):251-254
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
