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Case Reports
. 2013 Sep 17;185(13):1159.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.120726. Epub 2013 Mar 4.

Enophthalmos as a sign of metastatic breast carcinoma

Elena Novitskaya, Cornelius Rene
Case Reports

Enophthalmos as a sign of metastatic breast carcinoma

Elena Novitskaya et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
A 70-year-old woman with metastatic breast carcinoma and enophthalmos, ptosis, thickening of the eyelids and conjunctival injection on the left side (A). On attempted upgaze (B), her left eye fails to elevate.
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