SPONTANEOUS HAEMATOMA OF THE ORBIT

Abstract

A married woman aged 63 years attended hospital complaining that she had sud- denly developed a severe splitting headache over the right eye one week previously. There was no history of trauma, coughing, or over-exertion. She said that the right eye became swollen and bulging and that the swelling had increased. The pain had persisted and made sleep impossible. She later said that she was not prone to bruising or to abnormal haemorrhage from wounds.