enophthalmos
- noun
- /ˌɛnəˈθælmos/
- Specialized
:
enoftalmos
- The patient displayed clear signs of enophthalmos, indicating that the eye was abnormally sunken into the socket.
- asymptomatic enophthalmos
- enophthalmos and diplopia
- patients with enophthalmos
Examples
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Figure 1. At presentation, the patient exhibits left enophthalmos, deepening of the superior orbital sulcus, loss of the lower-eyelid fat, and malar depression.
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In this condition, the enophthalmos, which is the predominant finding, occurs secondary to a collapse of the orbital floor.
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Of these, none reported the diplopia or enophthalmos to be bothersome.
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Other findings include bone demineralization, which is more pronounced in the floor of the left orbit, and associated enophthalmos.
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We also note that mild (less than 2 mm) enophthalmos is usually asymptomatic.
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One had a clinically visible enophthalmos measured at -3 mm, but it was asymptomatic and did not bother the patient.
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In order for enophthalmos to occur, retraction of the orbital floor is necessary; the retraction leads to an increase in orbital volume.
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The reason for this is that late presentation of orbital floor fractures with enophthalmos, diplopia, or hypoglobus can be difficult to treat (22).
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Another patient had clinically visible enophthalmos measuring -3 mm relative to the contralateral side, but this in no way bothered the patient (Figure 1).
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We have also seen what Putterman observed about enophthalmos—that most of it is asymptomatic.
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Antonyms
- Specialized
A condition in which an eye sticks out from its socket because of disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
enophthalmos = ophthalmology (opaque) = en + ophthalm + os
The prefix 'en-' and root 'ophthalm' are recognizable, but the specific medical condition is not transparent to general learners.
Etymology
Enophthalmos comes from Greek parts en- 'in' and ophthalmos 'eye', and the ophthalmos part is the same root you see in ophthalmology, the study of the eye. So, think of the eye 'pushed inward' into its socket, which is why enophthalmos means an eyeball that is sunken into the eye socket.
