Unilateral restrictive ophthalmoplegia and enophthalmos associated with an intraorbital tissue band

J AAPOS. 2007 Dec;11(6):626-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.06.012. Epub 2007 Aug 27.

Abstract

Fibrosis of the extraocular muscles can be congenital or acquired. Acquired causes include trauma, myositis, thyroid eye disease, infection, and metastases. Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM) runs in families and is known to have a genetic basis. It has been classified by Brown, Hansen, and Harley et al into the five following types: general fibrosis syndrome; fibrosis of the inferior rectus (IR) with blepharoptosis; strabismus fixus; vertical retraction syndrome; and unilateral fibrosis, blepharoptosis, and enophthalmos syndrome. In this report, a case of unilateral fibrosis with enophthalmos and blepharoptosis due to a fibrous band is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blepharoptosis / etiology
  • Enophthalmos / etiology*
  • Female
  • Fibrosis / congenital
  • Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Oculomotor Muscles / diagnostic imaging
  • Oculomotor Muscles / pathology*
  • Ophthalmoplegia / etiology*
  • Orbital Diseases / complications*
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed