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Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Orbital Fractures
Published on: May 16, 2025
Delayed enophthalmos following a minimally displaced orbital floor fracture
Michael R Gagnon1, R Patrick Yeatts, Zoë Williams
1Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|May 29, 2004
Abstract:
We describe a case of an orbital floor fracture resulting in obstruction of the maxillary sinus ostium by herniated orbital contents. Our patient had delayed enophthalmos in a manner similar to silent sinus syndrome or imploding antrum syndrome. Obstruction of the maxillary sinus ostium by orbital contents carries the potential for delayed-onset enophthalmos and therefore suggests an additional indication for orbital floor fracture repair.

