exophthalmos
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Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). Complete or partial dislocation from the orbit is also possible from trauma or swelling of surrounding tissue resulting from trauma.
Key facts
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- Exophthalmos
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- Bilateral exophthalmos in a 17-year-old girl with facial symptoms of Pfeiffer syndrome
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Research
27,771 papers- Unilateral Exophthalmos.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022
- Exophthalmos associated with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2022
- Exophthalmos.The Journal of laryngology and otology · 1957
- EXOPHTHALMOS.British medical journal · 1955
- Exophthalmos.Postgraduate medicine · 1949
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Encyclopedic overview
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Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). Complete or partial dislocation from the orbit is also possible from trauma or swelling of surrounding tissue resulting from trauma.
Exophthalmos has endocrine causes. In the case of Graves' disease, the displacement of the eye results from abnormal connective tissue deposition in the orbit and extraocular muscles, which can be visualized by CT or MRI.
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