Benign orbital fibrous histiocytoma simulating a lacrimal gland tumor.
The case of a patient with a lacrimal fossa mass that was believed to be a primary lacrimal gland tumor is reported. However, at lateral orbitotomy the tumor was found within the lacrimal fossa, but distinct from the lacrimal gland. Histopathology revealed a benign fibrous histiocytoma. The tumor was totally excised, has not recurred over a 3-year follow-up period. This mesenchymal tumor should be included in the differential diagnosis of lacrimal fossa mass in adults.
al-Hazzaa
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Department of Ophthalmic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA.
Specht
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McLean
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Holds
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JB
Anderson
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed