PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - A. M. Brooks AU - E. Finkelstein TI - Spontaneous orbital haemorrhage. AID - 10.1136/bjo.68.11.838 DP - 1984 Nov 01 TA - British Journal of Ophthalmology PG - 838--840 VI - 68 IP - 11 4099 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/68/11/838.short 4100 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/68/11/838.full SO - Br J Ophthalmol1984 Nov 01; 68 AB - A 57-year-old housewife, with controlled hypertension, presented with acute right proptosis and visual loss with external ophthalmoplegia due to spontaneous orbital haemorrhage. Vision and ocular motility were returned to normal by the rapid surgical evacuation of the blood. Acute orbital haemorrhage is an ocular emergency requiring urgent treatment to prevent the usual previously reported outcome of permanent visual loss.