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the eye itself, such as a corneal abrasion or hyphema. Injury to the eye from a
high-speed soft object such as a tennis ball will often result in a hyphema. Hard
objects striking the orbit at a high speed, such as a baseball or a fist, are likely to
result in an orbital blowout fracture. High-impact mechanisms, such as those
encountered when the face strikes the dashboard in a motor vehicle collision, are
likely to result in complex orbital and midface fractures.