Teardrop sign (inferior orbital wall fracture)
Last revised by Kyriacos Evangelou
on 30 Jul 2021
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Bickle I, Evangelou K, Botz B, et al. Teardrop sign (inferior orbital wall fracture). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-84923
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The teardrop sign refers to the appearance of herniated intraorbital fat (+/- inferior rectus muscle) which has protruded through a fracture of the inferior orbital wall. This typically occurs following a "blow-out" fracture during a punch to the orbit 1.
References
- 1. Grech R, Cornish KS, Galvin PL, Grech S, Looby S, O'Hare A, Mizzi A, Thornton J, Brennan P. Imaging of adult ocular and orbital pathology--a pictorial review. (2014) Journal of radiology case reports. 8 (2): 1-29. doi:10.3941/jrcr.v8i2.1525 - Pubmed
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