Enophthalmos Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Zygomatic Fracture

There has been no case of chewing problems, cheek numbness or progressive enophthalmos developing postoperatively. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Enophthalmos. [pocketdentistry.com]

There may also be enophthalmos or proptosis. Management Similar to orbital floor fractures (see above). [patient.info]

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Orbital Floor Fracture

Our patient had delayed enophthalmos in a manner similar to silent sinus syndrome or imploding antrum syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Postoperative diplopia, enophthalmos, eye motility, cosmetic appearance, and complications were documented. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

She had no limitation of extraocular movements nor enophthalmos. Following conservative treatment, she had a left persistent orbital pain and left monocular diplopia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Horner's Syndrome

But in man, the enophthalmos is only apparent. [doi.org]

Jump to search Human disease characterized by miosis (a constricted pupil), partial ptosis (a weak, droopy eyelid), apparent anhydrosis (decreased sweating), with apparent enophthalmos [wikidata.org]

Actual measurement with exophthalmometry clearly demonstrates the lack of enophthalmos. [doi.org]

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Maxillary Fracture

Two patients had persistent enophthalmos, and 4 had persistent infraorbital nerve paresthesia. [jamanetwork.com]

Disturbances of extraocular motion or enophthalmos may signify a blowout in the orbital floor. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Signs and symptom • Characteristic ‘dish face’ deformity • enophthalmos, • diplopia or • impairment of vision, temporary blindness, • Flattening and widening, deviation of [slideshare.net]

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Orbital Metastasis

During the presurgery peribulbar injection, a hard palpable mass located under the inferior left eyelid was noted, together with mild enophthalmos. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case presentation A 9-month-old girl was diagnosed with isolated right-sided enophthalmos. [bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com]

She presented with pressure and pain above the right eye associated with enophthalmos and pseudo-Brown syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Atelectasis

Enophthalmos was present in nine (41%) patients, and diplopia was present in three (14%) patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diplopia disappeared in two patients who presented with it and enophthalmos improved in all five patients presenting with it. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] rare clinical entities characterized by an implosion of the maxillary sinus that may or may not be associated with sinonasal symptoms, and are complicated by ipsilateral enophthalmos [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Orbital Varix

We report a case of pulsating enophthalmos secondary to orbital varix associated with orbital bony defects. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Type: Journal article Title: Pulsating enophthalmos in association with an orbital varix Author: Selva-Nayagam, D. [digital.library.adelaide.edu.au]

The left eye showed a distinct enophthalmos with slight widening of the palpebral aperture as compared with the right eye. [ijo.in]

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Facial Hemiatrophy

She presented with mild enophthalmos associated with eyelid atrophy and loss of cilia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

She had undergone facial surgery for Parry-Romberg syndrome, after which right enophthalmos and hypo-orbit persisted. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Facial signs including soft tissue atrophy, enophthalmos, pupillary dialation with decreased pupillary reaction, and extraocular muscle involvement later appeared on the same [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Entropion

Twenty-six cats were relatively older (mean age 11.3 /- 2.2 years) with involutional entropion with or without enophthalmos, presumed to result from a reduction in orbital [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] of the globe; the effect of relative enophthalmos is best appreciated by having the patient lie in the supine position, which typically elicits the transient entropion as [nmceyecare.ae]

None had enophthalmos, lower eyelid ectropion, or brow ptosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Congenital Exophthalmos

Enophthalmos refers to the posterior displacement of the globe in the orbit. [radiopaedia.org]

See pathological diplopia ; Graves' disease ; elephantiasis oculi ; enophthalmos ; Apert's syndrome ; Crouzon's syndrome. Fig. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Enophthalmos (This is the backward displacement of the globe into the orbit. [mrcophth.com]

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Pulsating Exophthalmos

H05.40 Unspecified enophthalmos H05.401 Unspecified enophthalmos, right eye H05.402 Unspecified enophthalmos, left eye H05.403 Unspecified enophthalmos, bilateral H05.409 [healthprovidersdata.com]

right eye H05.402 Unspecified enophthalmos, left eye H05.403 Unspecified enophthalmos, bilateral H05.409 Unspecified enophthalmos, unspecified eye H05.411 Enophthalmos due [app.drchrono.com]

Unspecified enophthalmos, unspecified eye H05.41 Enophthalmos due to atrophy of orbital tissue H05.411 Enophthalmos due to atrophy of orbital tissue, right eye H05.412 Enophthalmos [healthprovidersdata.com]

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Orbital Emphysema

No proptosis, enophthalmos, or subconjunctival hemorrhage was present. His pupils were equal, round, and reactive to light, and his vision was 20/20 bilaterally. [consultant360.com]

[…] resection of periosteum and repair of hole using either bone graft, plate or synthetic material such as Teflon Long-standing entrapment can lead to vision impairment and enophthalmos [learningradiology.com]

Enophthalmos can be measured with exophthalmometer. In the early stage, enophthalmos may be masked due to soft tissue swelling. [eyewiki.aao.org]

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Orbital Disease

The median degree of enophthalmos in the contracted orbit compared with the fellow eye was 2.8 mm (range 1.5-3.5 mm) by Hertel exophthalmometry. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: Enophthalmos; Idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome; IgG4-related disease; Orbit; Orbital fracture; Thyroid eye disease; Traumatic optic neuropathy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Enophthalmos Idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome IgG4-related disease Orbit Orbital fracture Thyroid eye disease Traumatic optic neuropathy Cite this Apa Standard Harvard [jhu.pure.elsevier.com]

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Blepharoptosis

This disorder is exhibited in infancy as unilateral blepharoptosis, strabismus, limited ductions, globe displacement (enophthalmos and blepharoptosis), and decreased vision [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dysthyroid ophthalmopathy, enophthalmos, or exophthalmos can accentuate a minimal blepharoptosis or produce the appearance of blepharoptosis on the contralateral normal side [clinicaltrials.gov]

Patient needs to be examined for proptosis or enophthalmos, lagophthalmos, and presence of Bell phenomenon. [eyewiki.aao.org]

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Orbital Neoplasm

In women with bilateral enophthalmos, metastatic scirrhous breast cancer should be considered in the differential diagnosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Scirrhous breast cancer will cause enophthalmos due to desmoplastic fibrosis. 3 A known primary malignancy and other sites of metastatic disease should raise suspicion for [jaocr.org]

Cline RA, Rootman J: Enophthalmos: a clinical review. Ophthalmology 1984;91:229. Mafee MF, Goodwin J, Dorodi S: Optic nerve sheath meningiomas. Role of MR imaging. [karger.com]

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Familial Congenital Palsy of Trochlear Nerve

Facial asymmetry (i.e. hemifacial retrusion, upward slanting of mouth on the side of the head tilt, mild enophthalmos of paretic eye) and superior oblique tendon abnormalities [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

[…] ipsilateral IlIrd, Vth, Vlth nerve involvement; proptosis; disc edema; orbital pain Orbit Tumor; trauma; inflammation Ipsilateral IIIrd, VIth nerve involvement; proptosis; enophthalmos [guwsmedical.info]

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Congenital Upper Palpebral Retraction

Late posttraumatic enophthalmos: a correctable deformity? Plast Reconstr Surg 1982;69:423–432. Hazani R, Yaremchuk MJ. Correction of posttraumatic enophthalmos. [jkma.org]

Congenital Entropion Upper eyelid entropion occurs secondary to the mechanical effects of microphthalmos and enophthalmos [Figure 3]. [kjophthal.com]

[…] entity could possibly fall into the category of congenital orbital fibrosis as described by Leone and Weinstein, although two of their four cases had ptosis and all had enophthalmos [healio.com]

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Congenital Entropion

[…] causes of congenital epiblepharon or entropion include improper development of the lower eyelid retractors with possible dehiscence near the tarsal plate, microphthalmos, and enophthalmos [neweyelids.com]

The role of enophthalmos in involutional entropion. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Sep;13(3):195-8. Tsai CC, Kau HC, Kao SC, Hsu WM. [eyewiki.aao.org]

[…] which might possibly lead to entropion : Horizontal lid laxity disinsertion or attenuation of retractors preseptal orbicularis overiding the pretarsal orbicularis muscle enophthalmos [eyefacialplasticsurgery.com]

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Maxillary Sinusitis

We report a 24-year-old female who developed spontaneous enophthalmos without demineralization of the orbital floor. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] findings are in contrast to cases of silent sinus syndrome, in which maxillary sinus disease induces thinning and inferior displacement of the orbital floor with secondary enophthalmos [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Orbital volume increases with resultant enophthalmos and variable flattening of the malar eminence 1. [radiopaedia.org]

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Ptosis

Enophthalmos or proptosis is present with globe displacement. [patient.info]

[…] and sensitive to touch Upward displacement of eye, giving false impression that ipsilateral upper lid is lower, BUT...patient will usually have diplopia or proptosis or enophthalmos [kellogg.umich.edu]

A history of trauma - a fractured orbit can result in pseudoptosis with enophthalmos. A third nerve palsy may also result in ptosis. [patient.info]

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Congenital Fibrosis of Extraocular Muscles

Congenital Unilateral Fibrosis with Enophthalmos and Ptosis Four patients were reported with nonfamilial, unilateral, congenital fibrosis of the ocular muscles, enophthalmos [healio.com]

Orbit. 2009; 28(1): 43-49 7 Non-traumatic enophthalmos: a review Paul A. Athanasiov,Venkatesh C. [ijo.in]

Orbital fibrosis wlth enophthalmos. Ophthalmic Surg. 3, 71–75 (1972). 32 Kunkel, L.M. et al. [nature.com]

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Secondary Entropion

It is also seen secondary to enophthalmos. [en.wikipedia.org]

Secondary entropion may be caused by painful corneal conditions that result in enophthalmos or abnormal skin folds, eg older Cocker Spaniel English Cocker Spaniel, Chow Chow [vetstream.com]

Age-related enophthalmos has also been proposed as an etiologic factor although this association has been debated in the literature (3). [webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu]

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Duane Retraction Syndrome

The goals of surgical treatment is: improved head posture, elimination of vertical deviation, reduced of enophthalmos and normal ocular alignment. [biomedsearch.com]

We studied 21 consecutive patients with this disorder and found that the incidence of severe retraction on adduction, the occurrence of enophthalmos in the primary position [nature.com]

His main concern was globe retraction with enophthalmos and psedo-ptosis in attempted right gaze. [webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu]

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Essential Hypertension

Enophthalmos is the opposite, referring to displacement of the globe posteriorly. [radiopaedia.org]

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Malunited Fracture

Treatment of enophthalmos. Clin Plast Surg 1992;19(1): 99-111. Kwon MS, Kim JG, Bae KB, Kwon JH, Cho JH. Repair of late post-traumatic enophthalmos. [kjorl.org]

Another common abnormality is lower positioning of orbital rim leading to increase in orbital volume and enophthalmos. [ijps.org]

Porous polyethylene in the repair of late post-traumatic enophthalmos. J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 1998;39(1):1-10. [kjorl.org]

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Orbital Mass

Scirrhous breast cancer will cause enophthalmos due to desmoplastic fibrosis. 3 A known primary malignancy and other sites of metastatic disease should raise suspicion for [jaocr.org]

Enophthalmos was present in three additional cases with the diagnosis of orbital varix, adenocarcinoma, and idiopathic inflammation. [healio.com]

Patients with large fractures or have multiple bones fractured may develop sinking in of the eye(enophthalmos). Most patients will not require orbital fracture repair. [chicagoeyelids.com]

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Exophthalmos

On measurement with exophthalmometer, there was enophthalmos of the left eyeball for 3 mm. [Figure - 1]. [ijo.in]

[…] long-nosed) breeds usually have more trauma to the eye and its surrounding structures, so the prognosis is worse.[8] See also[edit] Boston's sign Carotid-cavernous fistula Enophthalmos [en.wikipedia.org]

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Periodontitis

[…] vitreous base • Periocular steroids- – Long acting Methyl prednisone (40 mg ) – Triamcinolone acetonide (20 mg) • Complications- – Glaucoma – Cataract – Aponeurotic ptosis – Enophthalmos [slideshare.net]

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Eyeball Injury

If enophthalmos is significant and entraps fat or extra-ocular muscles, then surgical repair is necessary. [eyehealthweb.com]

If there is significant entrapment or enophthalmos, we need to repair the break. [timroot.com]

Abnormalities of eye movements, proptosis or enophthalmos - indicate damage in the orbital area or to extra-ocular muscles. [patient.info]

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Fracture

Common clinical signs are enophthalmos and diplopia (especially on upward gaze), and one should remember that about 24 % of these fractures are associated with ocular injury [rad.washington.edu]

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