Lagophthalmos caused by cicatricial adhesion of orbital adipose tissue to orbital roof: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report a case of lagophthalmos caused by cicatricial adhesion of orbital adipose tissue to the orbital roof.

Observations

A 23-year-old female was presented with right lagophthalmos. Five months prior to consult at our clinic, she suffered from a penetrating trauma to the frontal lobe of the brain through the right orbital roof with cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Decompressive craniectomy was performed immediately after the injury using a coronal incision, which was followed by reconstruction with an artificial bone 1 month later. On examination at our clinic, she showed right exposure keratopathy with best corrected visual acuity of 20/100 due to corneal opacity. The palpebral contracted scar was first elongated using Z-plasty technique but excursion of the upper e

SUBMITTER: Kitaguchi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862542 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature