A case report of rim enhancing lesion at the orbital apex.
We report a case of partial third nerve palsy resulting from a cystic lesion located at the orbital apex. Imaging was suggestive of cystic schwanomma but histopathology of the lesion confirmed epidermoid cyst, which is a rare tumour of the orbit.
a Department of Ophthalmology , Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Lucknow , India.
Rachna
R
Agarwal
a Department of Ophthalmology , Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Lucknow , India.
Vikas
V
Kanaujia
a Department of Ophthalmology , Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Lucknow , India.
Priyadarshini
P
Mishra
a Department of Ophthalmology , Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Lucknow , India.
R V
RV
Phadke
a Department of Ophthalmology , Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Lucknow , India.
Kumudini
K
Sharma
D000328:Adult; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Epidermoid cyst; orbital apex; rim enhancement