title: Endoscopic transnasal surgical approach for monolateral myopic non-Graves' exophthalmos: a case report.
abstract: Transnasal endoscopic orbital decompression is emerging as a new minimally invasive technique that avoids the need for cutaneous or gingival incision. This surgical approach appears to be a safe and effective procedure, even for the treatment of ocular disease, and it can be performed under general or local anaesthesia. The authors present a case of severe monolateral non-Graves' axial exophthalmos, accompanied by severe anisometropic myopia, which was treated successfully with functional endoscopic sinus surgery. The minimally invasive surgical procedure resulted in a marked reduction of exophthalmos without any severe complications and with minimal discomfort for the patient, who was discharged from hospital on the fourth postoperative day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mellino Mellini Ospital Chiari (BS), Italy. basilioc@tiscali.it
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Capolunghi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Canali
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grillo della Berta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertolini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertoletti
mesh_terms: D015858:Anisometropia / Q000150:complications; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications*; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*