This cause of loss does not include loss or damage by: a. Rupture, bursting or operation of pressure relief devices; or. b. Rupture or bursting due to expansion or swelling of the contents of any. building or structure, caused by or resulting from water.
Patient with left eye proptosis. [edit on Wikidata] Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). Complete or partial dislocation from the orbit is also possible from trauma or swelling of surrounding tissue resulting from trauma.
A: Your son's appearance could be the result of a condition called exophthalmos, an abnormal bulging out of one or both eyes. The other term doctors use to describe the same problem is proptosis. Some experts have defined the terms differently, but most of us use them interchangeably.