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Congenital orbital teratoma presenting as microphthalmos with cyst

We report a rare case of non-communicating large orbital cyst with microphthalmos which was surgically separated from the globe and excised. Histopathology reported it to be a teratoma. Congenital cystic teratoma should be a part of the differential diagnosis in an infant presenting with a clinical...

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Autores principales: Singh, Usha, Subramanian, Aparna, Bal, Amanjeet
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861756
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.57152
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Sumario:We report a rare case of non-communicating large orbital cyst with microphthalmos which was surgically separated from the globe and excised. Histopathology reported it to be a teratoma. Congenital cystic teratoma should be a part of the differential diagnosis in an infant presenting with a clinical picture of microphthalmos with orbital cyst, in view of the different management required.