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What is enophthalmos?

What is enophthalmos? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
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Common signs and symptoms include diplopia, enophthalmos, infraortbital hypoesthesia, and decreased extraocular movements.
A 51-year-old woman presented with progressive left-sided enophthalmos and retrobulbar pain.
Restoration of orbital volume after internal orbital fractures can prevent enophthalmos.
To demonstrate this procedure, an anophthalmic patient with superior sulcus deformity and enophthalmos was enrolled.
Complications included two CSF leaks, three intracranial haematomas and one pulsatile enophthalmos.
Minor enophthalmos on the operated side ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 mm was seen in eight patients.

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