Blunt trauma in the orbital region often results in fracture of 1 or more bone walls resulting in alteration of the orbital volume with the potential for visual sequelae. This study reports a rare case of displacement of the eyeball into the maxillary sinus after blunt trauma as well as its initial management, treatment, and clinical follow-up. Victims of eyeball displacement have a poor visual prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study describes a novel method of obtaining low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans followed by imaging postprocessing that provides diagnostic quality to such low-dose exams. In addition, we compared the Total Radiation Doses (DLP) of the 64-channel MDCT x 16-channel MDCT for a new Dental CT - CTdBem protocol for hospital use. DLP data obtained from 20 patients using 16-channel MDCT was compared with 20 other patients using 64-channel MDCT.
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