title: Silent sinus syndrome due to a maxillary mucocele.
abstract: Silent sinus syndrome is a rare clinical condition in which patients present with spontaneous enophthalmos and hypoglobus secondary to collapse of orbital floor due to chronic subclinical maxillary sinusitis. It is postulated that obstruction of the osteomeatal complex lead to negative antrum pressure which causes the maxillary sinus atelectasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Tee Yong
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Singh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shashinder
authors.forename: Viswaraja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Subrayan
authors.forename: Gopala
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krishnan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology*; D015841:Enophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome