Acquired Brown's syndrome caused by frontal sinus osteoma

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 1988 Sep-Oct;25(5):226-9. doi: 10.3928/0191-3913-19880901-06.

Abstract

A 32-year-old man had a history of acquired Brown's syndrome associated with diplopia, proptosis, downward displacement of the globe, and lid edema. A CT scan of the orbit revealed an osteoma arising from the left frontal sinus and extending into the left orbit. After surgical extirpation the proptosis and diplopia disappeared and the globe returned to normal. To our knowledge, such a case has not been reported previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diplopia / etiology*
  • Frontal Sinus* / diagnostic imaging
  • Frontal Sinus* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oculomotor Muscles / injuries*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / complications*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteoma / complications*
  • Osteoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteoma / pathology
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / complications*
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Syndrome
  • Tenosynovitis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed