Congenital respiratory epithelial cysts of the orbit: a rare cause of major orbital impairment.
Congenital respiratory epithelial cysts of the orbit are rare lesions with few reported cases. Extensive disease may cause an orbital apex syndrome, resulting in significant visual loss. Two such cases were described, the risk factors associated with surgical morbidity were identified, and the embryological origins of these cysts were reviewed.
*Adnexal and Orbital Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; †Department of Ophthalmology, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore; and ‡Department of Pathology, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom.
Eugene
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Tay
Anita Chan Sook
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Yee
Philip J
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Luthert
Geoffrey E
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Rose
D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed