Intraosseous orbitosphenoidal cavernous angioma. Case report.
Primary orbital intraosseous angiomas are rare. The authors report the case of a 55-year-old man who harbored a multifocal cavernous angioma in an unusual sphenoorbital location. The lesion was responsible for unilateral exophthalmos and blindness. Characteristic imaging findings, which included a honeycomb pattern on plain x-ray films and computerized tomography scans, a heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance images, and slowly flowing venous lakes on power Doppler ultrasonograms and angiograms, are presented and discussed.
Slaba
S G
SG
Notre-Dame-des-Secours Hospital, Byblos, Lebanon. sslaba@hotmail.com
Karam
R H
RH
Nehme
J I
JI
Nohra
G K
GK
Hachem
K S
KS
Salloum
J W
JW
D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D003399:Craniotomy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*