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Abstract
Abnormal protrusion of both eyes; may be caused by endocrine gland malfunction, malignancy, injury, or paralysis of the extrinsic muscles of the eye.
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- Proptosis
- Proptoses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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protrusion of eye: do not confuse with ENOPHTHALMOS, recession
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Exophthalmos. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005094. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005094
- Exophthalmos. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exophthalmos
- Exophthalmos. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684383