UNILATERAL ENOPHTHALMOS SECONDARY TO ACQUIRED HEMILIPODYSTROPHY

PURPOSE: To report a case of acquired hemilipodystrophy with ipsilater al enophthalmos, METHODS: Case report, We examined a 25-year-old woman who developed progressive unilateral enophthalmos secondary to fat at rophy on the corresponding left side oi: hes body. RESULTS: Computed t omography confirmed that atrophy in the left orbit, loss of fat in the preorbital area, and partial loss of eyebrow cilia on the same side w ere present. A biopsy specimen from the left arm was consistent with l ipodystrophy. The systemic examination and laboratory values were with in normal limits. CONCLUSION: Although it is a rare condition, lipodys trophy may be a cause of unilateral enophthalmos.