Intraorbital osteoma and surgical strategy.
The most common tumoral lesion of the bony orbital region is osteoma. It is an infrequent and benign tumor, and generally attacks the craniofacial skeleton, but intraorbital involvement is extremely rare. After necessary radiologic examinations (radiographs and computed tomography scanning), surgery should be planned according to the tumor's localization. In the case presented here, osteoma originated mainly from the medial orbital wall. Therefore, for better surgical exposure, extra- and intracranial approaches were planned and carried out. The mass was removed successfully. At the 3-year follow-up, no recurrence was shown.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ege School of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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Alper
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Gürler
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Totan
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Bilkay
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Songür
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed