A Dutch family is reported with congenital Horner's syndrome in five cases spanning five generations, with symptoms of varying degree but mainly ptosis and meiosis. Heterochromia iridium, anhidrosis, and enophthalmos were not present. The site of the lesion may be in the region between Gasser's ganglion and the short vertical segment of the internal carotid artery near the siphon. There are onl...

The silent sinus syndrome (SSS) involves painless facial asymmetry and enophthalmos, which is the result of chronic maxillary sinus atelectasis. In most cases, it is diagnosed clinically, however, using the characteristic imaging features including maxillary sinus outlet obstruction, sinus opacification, and sinus volume loss caused by inward retraction of the sinus walls. Obstruction of the ma...

CLINICAL CASE A 53 year-old man presented with a progressive enophthalmos without any sinus or nasal symptoms. There was no history of a trauma. The ophthalmology examination showed enophtalmos and hypoglobus. The computerized tomography (CT) showed a collapsed maxillary and frontal sinus and a lateral deviation of the nasal septum that led us to the diagnosis. DISCUSSION The clinical feature...

The authors report four cases of the rarest form of the congenital fibrosis syndrome. This disorder is exhibited in infancy as unilateral blepharoptosis, strabismus, limited ductions, globe displacement (enophthalmos and blepharoptosis), and decreased vision, usually due to amblyopia. Forced ductions are positive and surgical exploration confirms anomalous muscle structure. Computed tomography ...

Silent sinus syndrome (SSS) is a rare condition involving the maxillary sinus, characterized by unilateral collapse of the maxillary sinus and orbital floor, associated with negative antral pressure in the absence of sinus symptoms 1, . It is also known as imploding antrum syndrome and typical radiological findings are ipsilateral depression of the orbital floor and opacification of a collapsed...

OBJECTIVE To determine the safety and efficacy of the endoscopic management of isolated orbital floor fractures. METHODS A systematic review was performed using electronic databases. Studies investigating the reconstruction of isolated orbital floor fractures using an endoscopic approach were considered for inclusion. Two investigators independently reviewed all results. Study quality was ass...

THE introduction of cranio-facial surgery has enabled a number of hideous facial deformities to be corrected but at the same time new problems have been created and not all the old ones solved. The problems created by cranio-facial surgery are such secondary deformities as enophthalmos and lagophthalmos, ptosis and canthal drift. The problems unsolved by cranio-facial surgery, although it has m...

INTRODUCTION The frequently used irrigant in dental surgery, sodium hypochlorite, is occasionally the cause of minor, usually circumscribed, adverse effects. Severe, extensive complications, with lasting sequelae, however, also can occur, as in the case we report herein. CASE REPORT A 55-year-old woman underwent an endodontic procedure on a maxillary molar, whose roots, unknown to the surgeon...