Exophthalmos - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Orbital venous anomaly presenting with orbital hemorrhage.

6 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: To report on the characteristics of patients with orbital venous anomaly presenting with acute orbital hemorrhage. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and radiologic findings of a case series of eight orbital venous anomaly ... Read more...

Multiple myeloma presenting as bilateral orbital proptosis.

30 Aug 2009 A 58-year-old-man presented with painful rapidly progressive bilateral proptosis with restricted ocular movements of 15 days duration. There was history of significant weight loss in the recent past. Computed tomography scan of the head and orbit ... Read more...

Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation masquerading as carotid cavernous fistula in a child with proptosis.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: An infant with proptosis and dilated episcleral vessels was diagnosed with vein of Galen malformation, which is a rare condition presenting initially to an ophthalmologist. METHODS: An 8-month-old child presented with slowly progressive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Exophthalmos - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A case of orbital lipoma with exophthalmos and visual disturbance. 6 Sep 2009
• Orbital venous anomaly presenting with orbital hemorrhage. 6 Sep 2009
• Multiple myeloma presenting as bilateral orbital proptosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation masquerading as carotid cavernous fistula in a child with proptosis. 30 Aug 2009
• [Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes: diagnosis and management] 24 Aug 2009
• Extraconal orbital tumors in children--a spectrum. 5 May 2009
• Solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit presenting in pregnancy. 29 Apr 2009
• Proptosis in a post-renal transplant patient with disseminated tuberculosis. 20 Apr 2009
• [A 62-year-old woman with non-pitting leg oedema] 14 Apr 2009
• Cavernous sinus syndrome as the initial presentation of childhood non-hodgkin lymphoma. 18 Mar 2009
• Optic neuropathy caused by naso-orbital mass in chronic intranasal cocaine abuse. 27 Feb 2009
• Apert's syndrome: ophthalmic importance and clinical findings. 30 Dec 2008
• Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical features of thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy in multiethnic Malaysian patients with Graves' disease. 29 Nov 2008
• [A case of Graves-Basedow disease with orbitopathy and papillary thyroid cancer] 30 Oct 2008
• Lipoma of the paranasal sinus: a rare but noticeable entity. 29 Sep 2008
• Bilateral infiltrative orbital disease: is it chemically induced? 29 Sep 2008
• Normal values of hertel exophthalmometry in children, teenagers, and adults from Tehran, Iran. 29 Sep 2008
• Rapid onset proptosis and vision loss as the initial presentation of Burkitt lymphoma. 29 Jun 2008
• [Unilateral exophthalmos?] 29 Jun 2008
• Exophthalmos in rats. Anesthesia-induced exophthalmos. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Exophthalmos'

Definition: Abnormal protrusion of both eyes; may be caused by endocrine gland malfunction, malignancy, injury, or paralysis of the extrinsic muscles of the eye.

Descriptor UI: D005094

Alternative terms: Exophthalmos; Proptosis; Proptoses;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C11.675.349;

Technical Notes: protrusion of eye: do not confuse with ENOPHTHALMOS, recession