title: Orbital solitary fibrous tumor. Another rare case from Africa.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of the orbit, initially thought to be rare, is being increasingly documented in the medical literature. We here present the case of a 37-year-old Nigerian man who presented with left sided painless, vision-sparing proptosis. Cranial computed tomography scan showed a globular, left medial, orbital extraconal mass. The mass was excised, en bloc, via a medial orbitotomy procedure aided by left ethmoidectomy. Surgery was uncomplicated and histology of the excised tissue was reported as compatible with SFT. There was also a strong and diffuse immunostaining with CD 34. At 6-month follow-up, the left-sided proptosis has completely regressed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second case of orbital SFT to be reported in an African.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University College Hospital, University of Ibadan, PMB 5116, Ibadan, Nigeria. femdoy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Adeleye
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Ogun
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Ogun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009549:Nigeria; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome