Enophthalmos

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Enophthalmos
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 H05.4
ICD-9 376.50
DiseasesDB 18249
eMedicine oph/617 
MeSH D015841

Enophthalmos is recession of the eyeball within the orbit. It can either be congenital or due to an acquired change in the volumetric relationship between the rigid bone cavity, the orbit, and its contents.

Characteristic of Horner's syndrome.

[edit] References

  • Cline RA, Rootman J (1984). "Enophthalmos: a clinical review". Ophthalmology 91 (3): 229–37. PMID 6717910. 
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