The silent sinus syndrome: a case with normal predisease imaging.
The silent sinus syndrome is a cause of spontaneous enophthalmos associated with unilateral chronic maxillary atelectasis. It remains an under-recognised condition in both the ophthalmological and otolaryngological community. We present a case of a 46-year-old lady with a six-month history of enophthalmos to illustrate the clinical features and radiological findings of this condition. Four years prior to presentation, she had normal maxillary sinuses on magnetic resonance imaging.
Ong
Lorraine
L
Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
McNab
Alan
A
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015841:Enophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed