Citation

Nitta K, Kashima T, Miura F, Hiroe T, Akiyama H, Kishi S. Ophthal. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2014; 32(5): e121-3.

Affiliation

*Department of Ophthalmology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan; and †Department of Ophthalmology, Saku Central Hospital, Saku, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/IOP.0000000000000298

PMID

25210874

Abstract

Rupture of the extraocular muscle in the absence of significant injury to the eyeball and adnexa is uncommon. The authors report a case of blunt trauma of the eyeball associated with an inferior oblique muscle and an inferior rectus muscle rupture. A 55-year-old man slipped and fell down hitting his eye on an extended windshield wiper blade. Although he had treatment in the emergency room, he complained of diplopia in the primary position 1 day postoperatively. After noticing ruptures of the inferior oblique muscle and an inferior rectus muscle during exploratory surgery, the authors carefully repaired it. Diplopia in the primary position had disappeared within 1 month after the operation and by 6 months postoperatively. The movement of the eye had almost completely recovered.

Language: en