Journal List > J Korean Med Sci > v.6(3) > 1023918

TOOLS
Lee, Bae, Lee, Bae, and Yun: Proptosis from a cephalhematoma in a twelve-year-old girl: a case report
Case Report
Journal of Korean Medical Science

Journal of Korean Medical Science 1991; 6(3): 251-254.

Published online: 26 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1991.6.3.251

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

Kyeong Seok Lee, Won Kyeong Bae, Heung Sun Lee, Hack Gun Bae, Il Gyu Yun

Department of Neurosurgery, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital, Korea.

Copyright © 1991 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences

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.

Keywords: Proptosis, Cephalhematoma, Head Injury

TOOLS
Similar articles