title: Subperiosteal orbital fibroma.
abstract: A patient noting a slowly enlarging bump at the orbital rim underwent surgical excision of the lesion. Pathologic examination showed a benign fibroma, a lesion that to the authors' knowledge has never been previously reported in this location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Norman C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Lisman
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins