Orbital Roof Fracture Radiology

Angulated displaced fractures fragments are seen projecting downwards within the orbit indenting the superior rectus muscle.

Orbital roof fracture radiology.

This is typically caused by a direct blow to the central orbit from a fist or ball. Radiological considerations in the setting of orbital roof fracture it is important to fully assess the extent of the fracture including any radiographically apparent concomitant abnormalities. Communited mildly depressed left orbital roof fracture. Isolated orbital roof fractures in adults are uncommon comprising 12 19 of all orbital wall fractures.

Orbital roof fracture icd 801 01 etiology. Orbital fracture pearls are as follows. When they do happen they may be associated with intracranial hemorrhages traumatic optic neuropathy and csf leakage into the orbit. Although common in the pediatric population isolated orbital roof fractures can also occasionally occur in an adult fig 13.

Fractures of the orbital roof are usually seen in combination with extension of linear frontal bone fractures or with complex cranial facial fractures including le fort iii naso orbito ethmoidal noe skull base fractures extending into the anterior skull base. Most roof fractures are associated with other orbital fractures and result from significant head trauma as a high degree of force is required to fracture this portion of the orbit. A orbital fractures can occur in isolation or with other fracture patterns. It is a thin lamina separating the orbit anteriorly from the frontal sinus and posteriorly from the anterior cranial fossa.

As an isolated orbital roof fracture is a rare entity it is important to. The orbital roof is composed of the orbital plate of the frontal bone with a small contribution from the lesser wing of the sphenoid at the apex figures 3 4 and 3 5. Displaced orbital roof fracture 3. Fracture of the left zygomaticomaxillary attachmnet with fracture of the anterior and lateral maxillary walls inferior orbital rim fracture and left maxillary hemosinus.