Enophthalmos
Sinking of the eyeball into its socket
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Enophthalmos is a posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit. It is due to either enlargement of the bony orbit and/or reduction of the orbital content, this in relation to each other.[1]
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| Specialty | Ophthalmology  |
It should not be confused with its opposite, exophthalmos, which is the anterior displacement of the eye.[citation needed]
It may be a congenital anomaly, or be acquired as a result of trauma (such as in a blowout fracture of the orbit),[2] Horner's syndrome (apparent enophthalmos due to ptosis),[3] Marfan syndrome, Duane's syndrome, silent sinus syndrome or phthisis bulbi.[4][5][6]
