Journal Basic Info
- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
Major Scope
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery
- Obstetrics Surgery
- Breast Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Neurological Surgery
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2016;1(1):1013.Case Report | Open Access
Periorbital Emphysema due to Coughing after a Sportsrelated Facial Injury: A Case Report
Shigemori Y, Matsumoto J, Oshiro S and Inoue T
Department of Neurological Surgery, National Fukuoka-Higashi Medical Center, Japan
Department of Neurological Surgery, Fukuoka University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
*Correspondance to: Yutaka Shigemori
PDF Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1013
Abstract
Bone fractures of the face often occur due to sports injuries. However, there is no literature describing asymptomatic facial injuries. Here we report an asymptomatic facial bone fracture following a sports-related facial injury, in which periorbital emphysema was caused by coughing. This is the case of an 18 year-old man who experienced orbital swelling of the face after coughing. He had no significant medical history, but he did have a history of a sport-related injury. He had been playing baseball when a ball had hit him in the face. Computed tomography (CT) of the head revealed a fracture of the left orbital floor. We put him on a course of prophylactic antibiotics for 5 days. On the day following the injury, the orbital emphysema decreased and the swelling disappeared. We presumed that the increased intramaxillary pressure permitted subsequent air flow under the periosteum of the left orbit. Therefore, the left orbit was inflicted with a sudden and marked appearance of emphysema after coughing. This case clearly demonstrates that patients must be carefully evaluated in asymptomatic sports-related facial injuries.
Keywords
Prophylactic antibiotics; Periorbital emphysema; Computed tomography (CT)
Cite the article
Shigemori Y, Matsumoto J, Oshiro S, Inoue T. Periorbital Emphysema due to Coughing after a Sports-related Facial Injury: A Case Report. Clin Surg. 2016; 1: 1013.