title: The silent sinus syndrome: a case with normal predisease imaging.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNab
mesh_terms: 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