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A man with spontaneously swollen eye -- Orbital emphysema following forceful nose-blowing.
  • so eun kim
so eun kim
Jeonbuk National University Hospital

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Abstract

A 33-year-old male admitted with sudden and spontaneous painless left infraorbital swellings after forceful nose-blowing. He was diagnosed orbital emphysema with orbital floor blow-out fracture. This case shows that forceful nose-blowing can cause orbital floor fracture and subcutaneous orbital emphysema by rapid increase in pressure in the upper airways.
27 May 2020Submitted to Clinical Case Reports
30 May 2020Submission Checks Completed
30 May 2020Assigned to Editor
04 Jun 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
06 Jun 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
11 Jun 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor