There have been people who prided themselves on their ability to produce partial exophthalmos.
Rupture of the Eyeball .-- Jessop mentions the case of a child of eight who suffered a blow on the eye from a fall against a bedpost, followed by compound rupture of the organ.

The wound in the sclerotic was three or four lines in length, and the rent in the conjunctiva was so large that it required three sutures.

The chief interest in this case was the rapid and complete recovery of vision.
Adler reports a case of fracture of the superior maxillary in which the dislocated bone-fragment of the lower orbital border, through pressure on the inferior maxillary and counter pressure on the skull, caused rupture of the conjunctiva of the left eye.
Serious Sequelae of Orbital Injuries .-- In some instances injuries primarily to the orbit either by extension or implication of the cerebral contents provoke the most serious issues.

Pointed instruments thrust into the orbital cavity may by this route reach the brain.

There is a record of death caused by a wound of a cavernous sinus through the orbit by the stem of a tobacco-pipe.