Enophthalmos

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enophthalmos [‚e‚näf′thal·məs]

(medicine)

Recession of the eyeball into the orbital cavity.

Enophthalmos

a positioning of the eyeball in the orbit more to the rear than is normal. The most frequent cause is a severe trauma accompanied by fracture of the orbit walls and subsequent atrophy of the soft tissues. Enophthalmos is sometimes observed accompanying microphthalmia—a congenital condition in which the eyeball is abnormally small.

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No references found			4) The drawbacks to this approach included the development of enophthalmos and diplopia in several patients after the balloon was deflated and a failure to recognize the posterior extent of the fracture in 2 patients, which resulted in persistent diplopia. Transantral endoscopic repair of orbital floor fractures with the use ... by Maturo, Stephen C.; Wiseman, Joe; Mair, Eric / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Hypotropia, enophthalmos, and ophthalmoplegia of the right eye were found. Nasal Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma in Children by Hsueh, Chuen; Hsueh, Swei; Gonzalez-Crussi, Frank; Lee, Ta-jen; Su, Jen-liang / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Spontaneous unilateral enophthalmos with asymptomatic sinus disease was first described by Montgomery in 1964. Enophthalmos in silent sinus syndrome by Gomez, Juan; Villafane, Fernando Gomez; Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			enlucido Enna enneagon enneastyle Ennedi Ennerdale Water Ennin Ennis Enniskillen Ennius Ennius, Quintos Ennius, Quintus Enns Eno River State Park ENOB Enobarbus Enoch enol enol-keto tautomerism Enola Gay enolase enolate anion enology Enols enone Enophthalmos Enopla Enoplia Enoplida Enoplidae Enoploidea Enoploteuthidae Enormous Room, The Enos Enosh Enosis Enozero enphytotic enplecton ENQ enqueue enquiry character Enquist, Per Olov Enrages Enragés enriched enriched ad enriched gas enriched material enriched reactor enriching column			enological enological Enological Society of the Pacific Northwest enologist enologist enologists enology enology Enols enomancy enomania Enomotarch Enomoty Enon ENONAC Énoncé de Politique des Trois Conseils Enone ENOP ENOPF enophile enophiles enophilia enophilic enophilist enophilists enophily enophobia Enophthalmos Enophthalmus Enophthalmus Enopla Enopla Enoplia Enoplida Enoplida infections Enoplidae Enoploidea Enoplosid Enoplosidae Enoplosus Enoplosus armatus Enoploteuthidae Enopthalmus Enopthalmus Enoptomancy Enoptromancy ENOR Enorm Enormia enormities enormities enormity enormity enormous enormous Enormous Knowledge Base of Disease Diagnosis Criteria Enormous Room, The enormously

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