Entrapment of the Inferior Rectus Muscle of the Eye
in a Blow-out Fracture of the Orbit
This page was last updated: August 10, 2007
Blunt trauma to the right eye, resulting in diplopia.
The right inferior rectus was caught between the fragments of a blow-out fracture of the floor of the
orbit. This child was unable to move his right eyeball up on upward gaze.
Otolaryngology Houston
Bechara Y. Ghorayeb, MD
8830 Long Point, Suite 806
Houston, Texas 77055
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