Orbital ectopic glial tissue in relation to medial rectus: a rare entity.
Heterotopic brain tissue is a rare entity and it is rarer still in the orbit. There have been very few case reports of orbital ectopic glial tissue. The case is described herein of a 3-month-old baby presenting with an orbital glial hamartoma inseparable from the medial rectus muscle. The diagnosis was based on the histopathological features and a positive GFAP stain. The features of this case and the previously reported cases are discussed.
Ghose
Supriyo
S
Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Balasubramaniam
Sankarapuram T
ST
Mahindrakar
Avinash
A
Sharma
Vidushi
V
Sen
Seema
S
Sarkar
Chitra
C
Chhabra
Manpreet Singh
MS
D001921:Brain; D002828:Choristoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009457:Neuroglia; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein