[Unilateral proptosis due to cholesterol granuloma].
Cholesterol granuloma is a rare cause of unilateral proptosis. We describe a 42-year-old man who presented with painless swelling of the left upper brow of a few months duration. Biopsy showed crystals of cholesterol surrounded by giant cells.
Friling
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Dept. of Ophthalmology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba.
Monos
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Moses
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Yassur
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D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005546:Forehead; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D002784:Cholesterol