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Enofthalm

Alexey Portnov, medical expert
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024

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Enofthalm - displacement of the eye deep into the orbit, often slightly expressed. Mechanisms for the appearance of enophthalmos are as follows:

Structural anomalies of orbital walls, posttraumatic, for example, discontinuous or congenital fractures of the lower wall.
Atrophy of orbital contents can be secondary: after irradiation, with scleroderma, or as a result of piercing (oculodigital trait) in blind newborns.
Orbital lesions accompanied by scarring, such as metastatic scirrhosis or chronic sclerosing orbital inflammation.

Pseudo-enophthalmic occurs with microphthalmia or subatrophy of the eye.

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What do need to examine?

Glaznitsa

Eye

How to examine?

Eye examination

X-ray of the eye socket