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Figure 21: CT of the midface for detection of orbital fractures.

a) 23-year-old football player with direct trauma to the left face and new onset of diplopia. Fracture of the floor of the orbita (arrow) with herniation of extraconal fat.

b) 41-year-old patient with direct trauma to the globe. Fracture of the medial wall of the orbita and herniation of the medial rectus muscle (arrow).

c) 86-year-old patient with severe head injury and rapid onset of exophthalmos. Intraorbital extraconal hematoma (black arrow) and periorbital hematoma (arrowhead). Impression fracture of the skull (white arrow).