title: Bilateral silent sinus syndrome.
abstract: Silent sinus syndrome is a rare clinical entity associated with progressive enophthalmos, collapse of the maxillary sinus, and hypoglobus. We report a case of bilateral silent sinus syndrome in a 29-year-old man. Representative radiographic and intraoperative images are presented. The purpose of this article is to illustrate a new presentation of the disease and to review the current diagnostic and treatment modalities.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. jsuh@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: Jennifer Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Alexander G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015841:Enophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed