Orbital Roof Radiology

The complementary roles of mri and ct well shown in this case.

Orbital roof radiology.

Most roof fractures are associated with other orbital fractures and result from significant head trauma as a high degree of force is required to fracture this portion of the orbit. Communited mildly depressed left orbital roof fracture. A roof floor medial and lateral wall all of which converge posteriorly at the orbital apex. Orbital process of the frontal bone anterior superior portion lesser wing of the sphenoid postero medial portion inferior wall.

Superior orbital fissure lies between the lesser and the greater wing of sphenoid. It is a thin lamina separating the orbit anteriorly from the frontal sinus and posteriorly from the anterior cranial fossa. An orbital mass carries a relatively wide differential. Tumors lymphoma metastasis lacrimal gland or duct tumors rhabdomyosarcoma of the orbit retinoblastoma optic nerve meningioma optic nerve glioma optic nerve schwannoma neurofibroma.

Gross anatomy in the adult the orbit has a volume of approximately 30 ml of which the globe occupies 6 5 ml. Pure superior blowout fractures without associated orbital rim fracture are uncommon. The overall imaging appearance is most compatible with a benign lesion of a non vascular cause. Bilateral mildly displaced nasal bone fractures.

They are usually seen in patients with pneumatization of the orbital roof 1 5. This fissure allows the passage to the nerves iii iv vi branches of the v 1 and ophthalmic veins. Smooth eros ion of the orbital roof is present but there is no evidence of aggressive bone destruction fig. Orbital fat and the medial rectus muscle may prolapse into the ethmoid air cells.

Orbital roof fracture icd 801 01 etiology. It has a roof floor medial and lateral wall. The orbital roof is composed of the orbital plate of the frontal bone with a small contribution from the lesser wing of the sphenoid at the apex figures 3 4 and 3 5. Orbital process of the frontal bone orbital process of the zygomatic bone.

Fissure fracture of the left sphenoid wing. The orbit has four walls. Isolated orbital roof fractures in adults are uncommon comprising 12 19 of all orbital wall fractures. The medial orbital walls run virtually parallel but due to the shape of the orbits their long axes diverge at approximately 45.

Pathologic examination con firmed neurofibroma. Fracture of the left zygomaticomaxillary attachmnet with fracture of the anterior and lateral maxillary walls inferior orbital rim fracture and left maxillary hemosinus.