... acuity dropped to light perception in the right eye and 20/200 in the left eye. Computed tomography scan revealed a mass in the right orbital apex and band-shaped enhancement in the cavernous sinus and along the upper margin of the petrous bone. However, no mass was found intraoperatively, and a biopsy...

...G.B. Catalano; N. Cavallaro; P. Gangemi; A. Garozzo; G. Gorgone; F. Spina A rare case of basoquamous carcinoma ofthe orbit invading the maxillary sinus is presented. The authors discuss clinical and pathological findings. Techniques for removal and reconstructive plastic surgery are reported...

... myelogenous leukemia (AML) of FAB-type M 2 . The orbital tumor disappeared totally after local irradiation and cytostatic treatment. Another granulocytic sarcoma developed 3 months later in the left orbit. It disappeared also during repeated cytostatic induction therapy although only transient hematologic...

...H. Fujii; H. Fujisada; T. Kondo; T. Takahashi; S. Okada 43 cases of orbital pseudotumor have been studied clinicopathologically during the past 20 years. Orbital pseudotumor might be histopathologically divided into three principal types: lymphoid, granulomatous and sclerosing types. Lymphoid...

...I. Strempel Orbital lipogranulomas are rare inflammatory pseudotumors. Clinical and histopathological findings of 4 own cases are demonstrated and discussed. 14 03 1987 16 03 1987 31 3 2010 © 1987 S. Karger AG, Basel 1987 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All...

...Harri Rouhiainen; Klaus Nerdrum; Tuomo Puustjärvi; Veli-Matti Kosma Juvenile xanthogranuloma, a non-Langerhans-type benign proliferation, in adulthood is a rare condition. This article reports the second known case in the western literature of solitary orbital involvement. The diagnosis...

...Bernard G. Sarnat The orbital volume in Dutch rabbits ranged from 3.6 ml at 98 days to 5.8 ml at 540 days of age. By 180 days of age the orbital volume had reached about its maximum of 5 ml and was 25% larger than at 100 days of age. The mean orbital volume was less at 540 than at 450 days of age...

...Tsugio Amemiya A 61-year-old Japanese man was treated for eosinophilic granuloma of the soft tissue in the orbit. The clinical characteristics were typical for eosinophilic granuloma of the soft tissue: 8% eosinophilis, very soft tumor masses in both orbits, multifocal lesions including...

...Changhong Zeng; Qingli Luo; Weiming He Purpose: To evaluate diagnosis, treatment, and histopathologic changes of chronic orbital osteomyelitis. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the history, clinical manifestations, computed tomography (CT) scans, histopathology, treatment methods, and outcomes...

...Ennio Polito; Patrizia Pichierri; Antonio Loffredo; Antonio Moramarco; Rossella Occhini The authors describe an unusual case of orbital inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) in a 17-year-old patient who presented with a painful exophthalmos of the left eye. After complete surgical excision...

...M. Bischof; D. Zierhut; D. Neuhof; M. Karagiozidis; M. Treiber; F. Roeder; J. Debus; R. Krempien Aims: Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) of the orbit is uncommon, representing approximately 8% of extranodal NHLs. Twenty-two patients with indolent stage IE NHL were reviewed retrospectively...

.... Lacrimal duct Dacryops Cyst excision Orbit 24 05 2002 8 11 2002 A simple dacryops is a well-recognized but ill-understood condition. Schmidt (1803) was the first to collect 6 such cases and introduced the term dacryops for cysts of the palpebral lobe [ 1 ]. According to studies...

...J.C. Quintyn; M.L. Ranty; P. Courville; J. Métayer; A. Retout We report the clinical and histopathological features of 2 cases of orbital Rosai-Dorfman disease with lacrimal gland involvement but no lymphadenopathy or cutaneous involvement. The first case was a 7-year-old boy, who was referred...

...S.M. Betharia; Neelam Pushker; Vidushi Sharma; Mahindrakar Avinash; Seema Kashyap Orbital hydatid disease is rare, even in endemic areas. We present a case of disseminated hydatid disease involving the orbit, spleen, lung and liver in a lady aged 35 years. Based on a typical clinical presentation...

...Enrique Mencía-Gutiérrez; Esperanza Gutiérrez-Diaz; Santiago Madero-García We present a case of juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) with unilateral involvement of the orbit and eyelid and proptosis, histologically confirmed in a 32-year-old man with a 1-year history of a pansinusitis and dacryoadenitis...

...Burkhard Wiechens; JochenA. Werner; Jutta Lüttges; Heinrich Rudert; Rainer Rochels A case of an extremely rare primary orbital leiomyoma in a 25-year-old male patient is presented who had a lifelong history of deviation of the left eye globe with slight enophthalmos and reduced motility. Because...

...Nozomi Hino; Kenji Ohtsuka; Masato Hashimoto; Motomichi Sakata Aneurysmal bone cyst is an unusual benign solitary lesion of bone occurring rarely in the orbit. In this report, we present computed tomography and magnetic resonance images of an orbital aneurysmal bone cyst involving the frontal bone...

.... Ethmoidal sinus Oncocytic adenocarcinoma Proptosis Orbit Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses is rare, accounting for 3% of all malignancies of the upper aerodigestive tract [ 1, 2, 3 ]. The majority of these carcinomas originate in the maxillary sinuses. Primary ethmoidal carcinomas account...