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Fig. 12 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 12

From: Computed tomography in traumatic orbital emergencies: a pictorial essay—imaging findings, tips, and report flowchart

Fig. 12

Axial CT acquisition reconstructed with soft tissue algorithm in an orbital blunt trauma with fracture of the left lamina papyracea, in a patient who complained left visual loss. The left optic nerve is stretched, mildly swollen, and hyperdense (white arrow). These findings are suggestive for post-traumatic optic neuropathy. The globe is surrounded by a hyperdense hematoma (asterisks), extended in the retro-orbital fat tissue next to the optic nerve

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