Enophthalmos
Sinking of the eyeball into its socket
Medical condition
| Enophthalmos | |
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| Specialty | Ophthalmology  |
Enophthalmos is a posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit. It is due to either enlargement of the bony orbit and/or reduction of the orbital content, this in relation to each other.[1]
It should not be confused with its opposite, exophthalmos, which is the anterior displacement of the eye.
It may be a congenital anomaly, or be acquired as a result of trauma (such as in a blowout fracture of the orbit), Horner's syndrome (apparent enophthalmos due to ptosis), Marfan syndrome, Duane's syndrome, silent sinus syndrome or phthisis bulbi.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Soparker, Charles N.S. (2008), "ENOPHTHALMOS 376.50", Roy and Fraunfelder's Current Ocular Therapy, Elsevier, pp. 593–594, retrieved 2022-08-26
Further reading
- Cline RA, Rootman J (1984). "Enophthalmos: a clinical review". Ophthalmology. 91 (3): 229–37. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(84)34299-3. PMID 6717910.
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