Intracranial hemorrhage complicating an orbital decompression

Orbit. 2008;27(2):143-5. doi: 10.1080/01676830701563695.

Abstract

We report a case of intracerebral hemorrhage in the left frontal lobe following a left medial wall orbital decompression for thyroid-related optic neuropathy. There was no obvious fracture in the orbital roof bone but the hemorrhage was felt to occur from a disruption in the orbito-frontal branch of the anterior cerebral artery. The patient was asymptomatic and remained so during the follow-up period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Decompression, Surgical / adverse effects*
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / diagnosis
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed