Abstract
Laceration of an extraocular muscle without globe or eyelid involvement is rare. Blowout fractures usually cause entrapment but not laceration of a muscle. Most injuries of this nature also involve adjacent structures. We describe an unusual case of isolated laceration of recti muscles combined with blowout fractures.
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Stolovitch, C., Nemet, P., Lazar, M. (1990). Blowout Fractures Combined with Isolated Laceration of Rectus Muscles. In: Campos, E.C. (eds) Strabismus and Ocular Motility Disorders. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11188-6_77
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