White Eyed Blow out Fracture

Abstract

Pediatric facial fractures constitute less than 15% of all facial fractures encountered in the hospital setting. Orbital blowout fractures comprise approximately 20% of all pediatric facial fractures [1]. Specifically, a “white-eyed blow out fracture (WEBOF)’ is even more uncommon and was first described by Jordan et al in 1998 as a term used for pediatric patients sustaining trauma to the periorbital area with minimal external signs of soft tissue trauma (white-eye), ocular motility dysfunction (usually limitation in upgaze), diplopia, lack of enophtalmos, and with radiologic signs of minimal fracture [2].