Orbital ganglioglioma arising from ectopic neural tissue.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of neonatal orbital ganglioglioma originating from ectopic neural tissue.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
An African-American male presented at birth with proptosis and expansion of the left orbit. A discrete soft-tissue mass was located inferolateral to the globe, which proved to be a ganglioglioma.


CONCLUSIONS
The tumor is presumed to have originated from ectopic neural tissue in the orbit. Although infrequent, this tumor should be included in the differential diagnosis of neonatal orbital neoplasms.
Harmon
H L
HL
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Gossman
M D
MD
Buchino
J J
JJ
Eberly
S M
SM
Roberts
D M
DM
Fishman
P H
PH
D001921:Brain; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000473:pathology; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed