Your patient is a 22-year-old female assault victim. She has blunt trauma to the face with swelling around the right eye and zygomatic area. Upon assessing her eye movement, you note that the right eye cannot follow your finger and does not move. Which of the following MOST likely explains this finding?
A) She has a fracture of the orbit that has trapped the optic nerve, thereby paralyzing her gaze.
B) She has direct trauma to the eyeball that has damaged the intrinsic muscles of the eye.
C) She has a fracture of the orbit that has trapped the extrinsic eye muscles.
D) She has direct trauma to the eyeball that has damaged the optic nerve, thereby paralyzing her gaze.
C
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