Exophthalmometer

An Exophthalmometer

Exophthalmometer is an instrument used for measuring the degree of forward displacement of the eye in exophthalmos. The device allows measurement of the forward distance of the lateral orbital rim to the front of the cornea. [1] Exophthalmometers can also identify enophthalmos (retraction of the eye into the orbit), a sign of blow-out fracture or certain neoplasms.

Methods

There are several types of exophthalmometers, Hertel and Luedde measure the distance of the corneal apex from the level of the lateral orbital rim while Naugle measures the relative difference between each eye:[2]

Normal values

The normal range is 12–21 mm. Upper normal limit for people of African origin is a little higher, about 23–24 mm.[3]

A difference greater than 2 mm between the eyes is significant.

In children and teenagers mean exophthalmometric measurements increase with age: Less than 4 years old (13.2 mm), 5–8 years old (14.4 mm), 9–12 years old (15.2 mm) and 13–17 years old (16.2 mm).[4]

Axial Length of the eye affects exophthalmometer reading. Pseudoproptosis may be seen in severe myopia.[5]

References

  1. "Exophthalmometer in TheFreeDictionary". Farlex. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. Onofrey, Bruce E.; Leonid Skorin, Jr., Nicky R. Holdeman. Ocular therapeutics handbook : a clinical manual (Third Edition. ed.). Wolters Kluwer /Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 71–72. ISBN 1605479527. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  3. de Juan E, Jr; Hurley, DP; Sapira, JD (Sep 1980). "Racial differences in normal values of proptosis.". Archives of Internal Medicine 140 (9): 1230–1. doi:10.1001/archinte.140.9.1230. PMID 7406621.
  4. Dijkstal, JM; Bothun, ED; Harrison, AR; Lee, MS (Jan 2012). "Normal exophthalmometry measurements in a United States pediatric population.". Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 28 (1): 54–6. doi:10.1097/iop.0b013e3182392f05. PMID 22262290.
  5. Chen M, Zhou XT, Xue AQ, Wang QM, Sheng W, Yuan YM, Qu J. (Jun 2007). "Myopic proptosis and the associated changes in axial components of the eye". Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 43 (6): 525–9. PMID 17897530.
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