Angioleiomyoma in the Orbital Apex: A Case Report

A 56-year woman presented eyeball pain and blurred vision. MRI revealed a small well-delineated solid tumor in the apex of right orbit with optic nerve compression. Intraoperatively, the tumor was found very fibrous, hypervascular and adhesive to surrounding structures. The tumor was completely remo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Boeun, Park, Soo Jeong, Moon, Ju Hyung, Kim, Se Hoon, Chang, Jong Hee, Kim, Sun Ho, Kim, Eui Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Brain Tumor Society; The Korean Society for Neuro-Oncology; The Korean Society for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6829078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31686449
http://dx.doi.org/10.14791/btrt.2019.7.e30
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Sumario:A 56-year woman presented eyeball pain and blurred vision. MRI revealed a small well-delineated solid tumor in the apex of right orbit with optic nerve compression. Intraoperatively, the tumor was found very fibrous, hypervascular and adhesive to surrounding structures. The tumor was completely removed with the combination of endoscopic and microscopic technique. Patient experienced transient oculomotor nerve palsy, which completely recovered 3 months after surgery. Herein we report a rare case of angioleiomyoma in the orbital apex.

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