Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Abstract
Orbital complications are known risks of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). The lamina papyracea and medial rectus muscle are the most commonly injured structures during ESS. Inferior rectus injury is more rare, with only one reported case of isolated inferior rectus injury in the literature. Guidelines for managing ESS-induced inferior rectus injury do not exist, and delayed intervention and management of adjacent sinuses may affect long-term outcomes such as persistent diplopia and disfigurement. In this report, we present a case of a 67-year-old man with diplopia due to isolated left inferior rectus muscle entrapment and injury from violation of the orbital floor during previous ESS. We postulate that an incomplete maxillary antrostomy contributed to scar band formation and entrapment of the inferior rectus muscle after the orbital floor was violated, and advocate early intervention with a wide, complete maxillary antrostomy if the orbital floor is injured during ESS.
Digital Commons Citation
Shapiro, Scott; Schaefer, Jamie L.; Gupta, Sumeet; Nguyen, John; and Kellerymeyer, Brian, "Isolated Inferior Rectus Muscle Entrapment following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2030.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2030
Source Citation
Shapiro, S., Schaefer, J. L., Gupta, S., Nguyen, J., & Kellermeyer, B. (2018). Isolated Inferior Rectus Muscle Entrapment following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2018, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4620510
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Comments
Copyright © 2018 Scott Shapiro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.