What's the difference between exophthalmos and protrusion?

Exophthalmos


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Exophthalmus

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In one patient, the pretibial myxedema developed symmetrically half a year after the appearance of endocrine exophthalmos.
  • (2) This case is an unusual example of fibrous dysplasia of the skull with neuro-ophthalmological symptoms but without ptosis, exophthalmos, or visual loss.
  • (3) We describe the concurrence of severe distal osteolysis, mental retardation, short stature, and characteristic facial appearance with maxillary hypoplasia and relative exophthalmos in two adult sibs, a 57-year-old woman and her deceased brother.
  • (4) Exophthalmos was noted in 61 percent (N = 14) of the patients.
  • (5) Transantral decompression of the orbit for malignant exophthalmos can be recommended on the experiences of Walsh and Ogura, and Gorman et al.
  • (6) Apert-Crouzon syndrome (formerly ACS type 2; 10130) is now considered a subset of autosomal dominant Apert acrocephalosyndactyly type 1 (10120), with features of craniosynostoisis, syndactyly of all extremities, maxillary hypoplasia, "parrot-beaked" nose, hypertelorism, exophthalmos, external strabismus, and short upper lip.
  • (7) Facial deformity secondary to Crouzon disease may include exophthalmos and midfacial hypoplasia.
  • (8) Exophthalmos was mild and not more than 3 mm in any patient.
  • (9) A girl aged 13 years developed an acute unilateral Exophthalmos on the right side with disturbances of eye-motion, choked disc and nearly complete amaurosis within 3 days after onset.
  • (10) A 52-year-old man presented with left exophthalmos.
  • (11) 27 of 110 patients with combined type of thyrotoxicosis developed malignant exophthalmos.
  • (12) In two patients, the exophthalmos followed surgery, while in the third it did not appear until after radiation treatment.
  • (13) X-ray to the thyroid also can induce other histologic abnormalities, including a high incidence of adenomas and hypothyroidism, and is associated with an increased incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease and possibly the development of exophthalmos and Graves' disease.
  • (14) The patient was a 3-year-old boy in whom swelling of the left upper lid and left exophthalmos appeared after blunt trauma in the region of the left eye.
  • (15) As for the older symptoms, visual disturbance was seen in 4 cases, unilateral pulsating exophthalmos in 1 case and papilledema in 3 cases.
  • (16) The twins had gross exophthalmos and hydrocephalus with papilledema, so early calvarial decompression surgery was required.
  • (17) The patient was 47 year-old man who was admitted to our department on September 3, 1984 complaining of left conjunctival injection, exophthalmos and bruit at the left temporal region.
  • (18) Shortly after intraperitoneal administration of this fraction, typical narcotic-like effects were observed, including catalepsy, analgesia, Straub tail, shallow respiratory movements and exophthalmos.
  • (19) Clinical, radiological and anatomical description of sellar chordoma giving, on a sixty seven years old man, an unusually large tumoral exophthalmos, a massive orbito-sphenoidal osteolysis and a chiasmatic syndroma.
  • (20) A newborn boy was noted by his mother to have a prominent left eye at birth, but an eye examination was delayed until age 7 months, at which time his ophthalmologist diagnosed exophthalmos.

Protrusion


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.
  • (n.) The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Excessive lip protrusion was eliminated, and arch leveled.
  • (2) Two cases of posterior lumbar vertebral rim fracture and associated disc protrusion in adolescents are presented.
  • (3) Clinical findings and operative results of 212 operated cases of disc protrusion are analyzed in this paper.
  • (4) However, we have observed cracks on the Dacron fibers, fiber fracture, fiber protrusion, and poor attachment to the diaphragm, which can cause potentially disastrous complications.
  • (5) Anterior lenticonus is a rare condition, in which there is a conical or spherical protrusion of the anterior surface into the anterior chamber.
  • (6) The phenomenology of various protrusions, including fimbria, is described, and the effect of cultivation conditions (continuous culture, periodic culture) and growth phases on their emergence was elucidated.
  • (7) The uveal protrusion was replaced and a deep corneoscleral block was removed in front of the scleral spur in three cases, and electrocoagulation of the anterior edges of the trabeculectomy fistula was done in other three cases.
  • (8) These mitochondria had a highly electron dense matrix and protrusions or blebs of mitochondrial outer membrane were frequently observed.
  • (9) When the myoepithelial cells contract they force the axial protrusion forward and transform the papilla into a hyperboloidal configuration.
  • (10) With regard to the pathogenesis of syringomyelia, we concluded that in cases associated with Chiari II malformation, vermian protrusion and direct continuity between the fourth ventricle and the syrinx were essential.
  • (11) Some CTLs contacted infected cells via numerous interdigitating processes; others were observed thrusting finger-like protrusions deep into the target cell; some were seen with their plasma membranes lying closely opposed to that of the infected cell.
  • (12) (d) It is shown that a high value of the cell-to-substrate gap may be accounted for by the presence of cell surface protrusions of a few micrometer length, in accordance with electron microscope observations performed on the same cell population.
  • (13) For protrusive records there was no significant difference between examiners, but for lateral records a significant difference in examiner registration was found.
  • (14) It is suggested that the protrusion of membrane proteins into the aqueous phase, the consequent expression of cell surface charge, and the temperature-dependent modulation of the latter may be related to the lateral mosaicism of membrane lipids and reflect the state of membrane fluidity.
  • (15) The primary cyst wall of the sarcocysts in these granulomas consisted of hair-like protrusions that featured many unusual electron-dense bodies.
  • (16) In some cases, the entire cell surface was covered by these protrusions.
  • (17) A 'small' CG-free area of the cortex, with prominent cytoplasmic protrusions, appeared twice during the progression of meiosis.
  • (18) However, only one out of the patients with calcification is restricted in his movements, and only 3 out of the patients with protrusion do complain of symptoms.
  • (19) The morphology of human leukocytes, the biochemistry of actin polymerization, and the theory of continuum mechanics are used to model the pseudopod protrusion process of leukocytes.
  • (20) On biopsy immediately after worm removal, samples of the main pulmonary arteries showed severe intimal proliferations with villous or papillary protrusion into the lumen.

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