Benign fibrous histiocytoma associated with a frontoethmoidal mucopyocele and orbital abscess.
A 74-year-old man sought treatment for painful swelling in the right upper eyelid. CT demonstrated a frontoethmoidal mucocele extending in the right orbit with abscess formation. Following functional endoscopic sinus surgery, the inflammatory symptoms in the right eye nearly resolved. However, a firm mass was still noted in the same location. Histopathologic examination proved it to be a benign fibrous histiocytoma. Benign fibrous histiocytoma may occur in association with an orbital abscess secondary to mucocele.
Kau
Hui-Chuan
HC
Department of Ophthalmology, Taoyuan Veterans Hospital, Taiwan.
Yang
Ching-Fen
CF
Liu
I-Ting
IT
Kao
Shu-Ching
SC
Hsu
Wen-Ming
WM
Teng
Michael Mu Huo
MM
Tsai
Chieh-Chih
CC
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed