Rullan-Oliver Bianca, Del Toro-Diez Edgar, Portela-Arraiza Juan C
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2020 Jan 23;8:2050313X20902339. doi: 10.1177/2050313X20902339. eCollection 2020.
Silent sinus syndrome refers to a constellation of spontaneous and progressive enophthalmos and hypoglobus in the setting of asymptomatic ipsilateral maxillary sinus atelectasis. Although its exact etiopathogenesis is not completely understood, obstruction of the ostiomeatal complex appears to be the inciting event. Most of the reported cases of silent sinus syndrome involve one maxillary sinus. Only a handful of true bilateral silent sinus syndrome cases have been reported in the literature. The aim of this report is to present a case of metachronous bilateral maxillary silent sinus syndrome and its natural progression. Also included is a review of the literature on ethmoidal, frontal, and bilateral maxillary silent sinus syndrome.
寂静性窦综合征是指在同侧上颌窦无症状性肺不张的情况下出现的一系列自发性和进行性眼球内陷及眼球下移。尽管其确切的病因发病机制尚未完全明确，但窦口鼻道复合体阻塞似乎是引发事件。报道的大多数寂静性窦综合征病例累及一侧上颌窦。文献中仅报道了少数真正的双侧寂静性窦综合征病例。本报告的目的是呈现一例异时性双侧上颌窦寂静性窦综合征病例及其自然病程。还包括对筛窦、额窦及双侧上颌窦寂静性窦综合征的文献综述。
