TY - JOUR
T1 - Globe protrusion and interorbital divergence in syndromic faciocraniosynostoses
AU - Cruz, Antonio Augusto Velasco E.
AU - Garcia, Denny Marcos
AU - Akaishi, Patricia Mitiko Santello
AU - Arnaud, Eric
AU - Milbratz, Gherusa Helena
AU - Bertrand, Adriana Leite Xavier
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Purpose: The aim of this study was to quantify the relationship between globe protrusion (GP), length of medial and lateral walls, interzygomatic distance, and interorbital angle in syndromic faciocraniosynostoses. Methods: The axial slices of computed tomography of the orbits of 43 patients with faciocraniosynostosis (31 with Crouzon syndrome and 12 with Apert syndrome) and 23 control subjects were measured with the Image J software. The following 5 variables were quantified: The degree of GP, the length of the medial and lateral walls, the interzygomatic distance, and the interorbital angle. Results: Independent t-Tests revealed significant differences between the patients and the controls regarding the mean values of all variables measured. The degree of GPwas better correlatedwith the interorbital angle (r=0.81) than with the medial wall length (r=0.73). No correlation was found between GP and lateral orbital wall length. Conclusions: In syndromic faciocraniosynostoses, GP is highly correlated with the interorbital angle. The increment in the interorbital angle is a natural geometric consequence of the fact that a decrease in the orbital depth is not adequately compensated by an increase in the distance between the lateral orbit rims.
AB - Purpose: The aim of this study was to quantify the relationship between globe protrusion (GP), length of medial and lateral walls, interzygomatic distance, and interorbital angle in syndromic faciocraniosynostoses. Methods: The axial slices of computed tomography of the orbits of 43 patients with faciocraniosynostosis (31 with Crouzon syndrome and 12 with Apert syndrome) and 23 control subjects were measured with the Image J software. The following 5 variables were quantified: The degree of GP, the length of the medial and lateral walls, the interzygomatic distance, and the interorbital angle. Results: Independent t-Tests revealed significant differences between the patients and the controls regarding the mean values of all variables measured. The degree of GPwas better correlatedwith the interorbital angle (r=0.81) than with the medial wall length (r=0.73). No correlation was found between GP and lateral orbital wall length. Conclusions: In syndromic faciocraniosynostoses, GP is highly correlated with the interorbital angle. The increment in the interorbital angle is a natural geometric consequence of the fact that a decrease in the orbital depth is not adequately compensated by an increase in the distance between the lateral orbit rims.
KW - Exorbitism
KW - computed tomography
KW - orbital morphology
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U2 - 10.1097/SCS.0000000000001553
DO - 10.1097/SCS.0000000000001553
M3 - Article
C2 - 26080149
AN - SCOPUS:84986258388
SN - 1049-2275
VL - 26
SP - 1163
EP - 1164
JO - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
JF - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
IS - 4
ER -