proptosis

Examples

• All

• Physical examination demonstrated mild left proptosis; findings on the remainder of the eye examination were normal.

  Academic text (2009)

• On physical examination, the boy was found to have mild right-sided proptosis and a visible expansion of the dorsum of the nose.

  Academic text (2002)

• In addition to proptosis, our patient developed all of these signs and symptoms at about the same time.

  Academic text (2004)

• His proptosis had decreased, but there was no change in his ophthalmoplegia.

  Academic text (2001)

• Orbital abscess (stage IV) is associated with severe proptosis and complete ophthalmoplegia (figure 3).

  Academic text (2002)

• Within a few days, the patient's fever, orbital cellulitis, proptosis, and palatal necrosis had almost resolved.

  Academic text (2004)

• A 70-year-old man was referred to us from a regional community hospital for evaluation of generalized sepsis, proptosis, and ophthalmoplegia in the left eye.

  Academic text (2001)

• Patients may also show signs of infiltration, such as proptosis, blurred vision, and cranial nerve palsies secondary to orbital or skull base extension.

  Academic text (2006)

• The two patients had a similar course: protracted disease for more than six months with proptosis, vision changes, and late neurologic symptoms reflecting cavernous sinus invasion.

  Academic text (2006)

• Physical examination revealed left-sided proptosis with periorbital edema, erythema, and a left-sided cranial nerve VI palsy.

  Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

E

exophthalmos

vsproptosis

• Specialized

9.9

A condition in which an eye sticks out from its socket because of disease

is any abnormal forward bulging or displacement regardless of cause

Antonyms

E

enophthalmos

• Specialized

9.9

An eyeball that sits too far back in the eye socket

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology