Magnetic resonance imaging of intact globe superior subluxation into the intracranium

• Main Authors: Nariman Nezami, Alireza Sadighi, Babak Rahimi-Ardabili
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Subjects: Band-shaped keratopathy; corneal dystrophy; phototherapeutic keratectomy; phototherapeutic keratectomy with amniotic membrane grafts; scar; and Salzmann nodular degeneration; Kaplan Meier survival analysis; multivariate Cox Proportional Hazard Regression analysis; optical penetrating keratoplasties; Myopia; phakic refractive intraocular lens; refractive surgery; 23-Gauge vitrectomy; rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; sutureless vitrectomy; Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; endothelial cell density; keratoconus; penetrating keratoplasty; Anterior chamber contamination; cataract surgery; conjunctival flora; diabetics; Cardiovascular disease; diabetes; diabetic retinopathy; framingham risk score; Central macular thickness; multifocal electroretinogram; normative database; optical coherence tomography; Macular microhole; microperimetry; spectral domain optical coherence tomography; Age-related macular degeneration; choroidal neovascularization; photodynamic therapy; vitreous traction; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty with a stromal rim; endothelial keratoplasty; posterior lamellar keratoplasty; posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy; Indocyanine green angiogram; intravitreal bevacizumab; laser photocoagulation; peripheral hemorrhagic exudative chorioretinopathy; polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy; Anterior segment optical coherence tomography; B-scan ultrasonography; phacocele; ultrasound biomicroscopy; Microperimetry; retinal detachment; spontaneous resolution; traumatic macular hole; Magnetic resonance imaging; ocular; orbital; trauma
• Online Access: http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2012;volume=60;issue=1;spage=69;epage=70;aulast=Nezami
• ISSN: 0301-4738; 1998-3689

A 67-year-old man with right-sided blunt ocular trauma is reported here. Despite having received primary medical care, the patient complained of severe headache for 14 days. Initial computed tomography (CT) indicated hematoma in the right frontal lobe. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated that the right globe along with its optic nerve had been intactly dislocated into the intracranium and differentiated from hematoma. In this case, the significance of MRI, in blunt ocular trauma work-up, and also regaining successful ocular function are highlighted.