Clinical analysis of 66 cases with orbital apex syndrome: a case series
Zhonghua Ma, Hanqiu Jiang, Shilei Cui, Jingting Peng, Jiawei Wang · 2026
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Description
Orbital apex syndrome, where the nerves at the back of the eye socket fail together, can blind a patient and freeze eye movement. Zhonghua Ma and four co-authors review 66 confirmed cases treated at a Beijing hospital between 2020 and 2024, drawing on records, scans, and lab results to map causes and outcomes. Every case affected one eye only.
All patients had blurred vision, most had severe sight loss, and eye movement failure and headache were common. Inflammation caused over half the cases, ahead of tumors, injury, and infection. After treatment, about 39 percent of patients saw better and most of the rest stayed stable. Patients whose cause was inflammation were younger and kept better vision than the others. The series appears in 2026.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhonghua Ma, Hanqiu Jiang, Shilei Cui, Jingting Peng, Jiawei Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |