Retrobulbar cavernous hemangioma with slowly progressive proptosis.
Retrobulbar tumors may be difficult to diagnose by conventional ultrasonography. Cavernous hemangioma that developed unusually late in a 45-year-old woman with unilateral proptosis was accurately diagnosed only by computerized tomography (EMI) scan. The patient was successfully operated upon using the Naffziger approach, with good cosmetic result.
D000368:Aged; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography