Orbital floor dermoid: An unusual presentation

Dermoid cysts are developmental abnormal arrangement of tissues and are often evident soon after birth. Its occurrence in the orbit is relatively rare. We report a case of orbital floor dermoid in an 18-year-old female patient who presented with progressive, painless swelling in the lower eyelid ass...

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Autores principales: Yeola (Pate), Meenakshi, Joharapurkar, S R, Bhole, A M, Chawla, Manisha, Chopra, Sumit, Paliwal, Anup
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19075411
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Sumario:Dermoid cysts are developmental abnormal arrangement of tissues and are often evident soon after birth. Its occurrence in the orbit is relatively rare. We report a case of orbital floor dermoid in an 18-year-old female patient who presented with progressive, painless swelling in the lower eyelid associated with mild proptosis of three months duration. The lesion was excised completely, and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of dermoid cyst.

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