Exophthalmos

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Etiology 3 Radiology 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

Introduction

• Proptosis of the globe of the eye out of the orbit.

Etiology

• bilateral:

• thyrotoxicosis
• myxedema
• acromegaly
• cavernous sinus thrombosis
• empyema of paranasal sinuses
• lymphoma
• leukemia
• oxycephaly
• leontiasis ossium
• histiocytosis

• Hand Schuller-Christian disease
• Letterer-Siwe disease

• hyperpituitarism

• unilateral

• mucocele
• orbital cellulitis or abscess
• cavernous sinus thrombosis
• orbital periostitis
• thyrotoxicosis
• myxedema
• orbital fracture
• hemangioma
• meningocele
• encephalocele
• gumma
• orbital neoplasm
• granuloma

• tuberculosis
• aspergillosis

• arteriovenous aneurysm
• histiocytosis: Hand Schuller-Christian disease

Radiology

• X-ray of orbit
• CT of orbit

More General Terms

• sign/symptom
• eye disease (ophthalmopathy)

Additional Terms

• blepharoptosis; ptosis
• enophthalmos

References

DeGowin & DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 6th edition, RL DeGowin (ed), McGraw Hill, NY 1994, pg 83

exophthalmos (proptosis)