Amjadi Shahriar, Chan Weng Onn, Rajak Saul, Morrissey David K, Simon Sumu, Davis Gary, Selva Dinesh, Psaltis Alkis J
South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017 Dec;21(4):471-473. doi: 10.1007/s10006-017-0658-6. Epub 2017 Nov 4.
A 53-year-old Afghan man presented with a 12-month history of left proptosis, diplopia and facial swelling 20 years after a bomb blast injury. Magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging revealed a well-circumscribed lesion centred within the left inferior orbit/superior maxillary sinus along with left orbital fracture. Histopathology and immunostaining of the debulked lesion were consistent with traumatic neuroma of the infraorbital nerve. Infraorbital neuromas have developed following orbital decompression surgeries but have not been reported previously following non-surgical trauma.