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Man with swollen eye
- Source :
- Emergency Medicine Journal. 38:494-510
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2021.
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Abstract
- A previously healthy 69-year-old man presented to the emergency department with right orbital pain and blurred vision for 1 day. He denied fever or recent trauma history. On examination, he had subconjunctival haemorrhage, chemosis and proptosis (figure 1). His neurologic examination revealed right-sided ophthalmoplegia. His vital signs were stable, and the rest of the physical examination and laboratory study were unremarkable. Figure 1 Photograph of the patient showing chemosis and proptosis of his right eye. What is the most likely diagnosis for this patient? 1. Orbital cellulitis. 2. Orbital …
- Subjects :
- Male
Chemosis
medicine.medical_specialty
Neurology
Lymphoma
genetic structures
Vision Disorders
Vital signs
Pain
Prefrontal Cortex
Physical examination
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Conjunctival Diseases
Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula
Blurred vision
medicine
Exophthalmos
Humans
Aged
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General surgery
ORBITAL PAIN
General Medicine
Emergency department
medicine.disease
eye diseases
Emergency Medicine
Orbital Neoplasms
sense organs
Orbital cellulitis
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14720213 and 14720205
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....37ad4df76e603a7172a2a5f27e926957