title: Orbital lymphangioma in a child: a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: We report a case of significant unilateral left proptosis after a fall in a 10-year old child. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an extraconal hyperintense orbital mass extending into the maxillary sinus which was opacified. After drainage the proptosis resolved. The cause of the acute proptosis was haemorrhage within an orbital lymphangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies. lizettemowatt@yahoo.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mowatt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crossman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*