Amaurosis secundaria a traumatismo frontal
- E. Santos-Bueso
- I. Genol-Saavedra
- C. Calvo-González
- E. Huelga-Zapico
- D. Díaz-Valle
- J.M. Benítez-del-Castillo
- García Sánchez, Julián
ISSN: 0365-6691
Year of publication: 2006
Volume: 81
Issue: 2
Pages: 115-118
Type: Article
More publications in: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia
Abstract
Case report: We present the case of a patient diagnosed with amaurosis of the right eye secondary to a right frontal contusion. The energy of the impact was projected from the orbital ceiling to the minor wing of the sphenoid bone. This bone was fractured, thus reducing the optic canal diameter and damaging the optic nerve. Discussion: In our case, we describe a mixed mechanism of injury, that is to say, a frontal contusion indirectly transmitted to the optic canal and a direct lesion of the optic nerve secondary to the movement of the minor wing of the sphenoid bone into the optic canal.
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