Surgical treatment of isolated congenital stapes ankylosis allows good functional results regardless of age or type of surgery.

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We present the case of a progressive enophthalmos, 23 years after an orbital floor fracture treated conservatively. Imaging demonstrated orbital fat herniation into the pterygopalatine fossa and a collapse of the maxillary sinus walls. We hypothesise that some "silent sinus syndrome" might be caused by an aspiration phenomenon resulting from masticatory muscle movements.

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