Giant cavernoma of the orbit: clinical and surgical considerations.
Cavernous hemangiomas of the orbit are benign, hamartomatous, vascular lesions, more frequent in middle-aged women, representing the most common benign primitive neoplasm of the orbit. Several therapeutic modalities and surgical approaches have been described, in order to preserve the normal orbital structures. We describe the case of a patient with a volumous orbital cavernoma, approached by a fronto-orbito-zigotomy. A review on diagnostic modalities and surgical approaches is also presented.
Chaddad Neto
Feres
F
Instituto de Ciências Neurológicas, Praça Amadeu Amaral 27, São Paulo, Brazil. fereschaddad@hotmail.com
Lopes
Armando
A
Machado Filho
Mario
M
Catanoce
Aguinaldo
A
Campos Filho
José Maria
JM
Oliveira
Evandro de
Ed
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome