Optic disc haemorrhage following frontal head trauma

Sir,

Optic neuropathy following head trauma usually occurs secondary to contusion of the optic nerve sheath, impaled bony fragments in the optic canal, or optic nerve oedema with intracanalicular compression and orbital deformity. Rarely direct ocular trauma can produce a sufficient contrecoup or shearing force to avulse the optic nerve from the globe.¹ We present a case of post-traumatic optic disc haemorrhage following trivial head trauma.

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