1. [Management of a case of unilateral exophthalmos due to an intraorbital lipofibroma at Kara teaching hospital in Togo].
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Ayena KD, Amegbor K, Lawson SL, Koffi KS, N'timon B, Nabroulaba KT, Banla M, and Balo KP
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- Child, Exophthalmos diagnosis, Eye Neoplasms diagnosis, Female, Fibroma diagnosis, Hospitals, Teaching, Humans, Lipoma complications, Lipoma diagnosis, Lipoma therapy, Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed complications, Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed diagnosis, Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed therapy, Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, Orbit pathology, Orbit surgery, Togo, Exophthalmos etiology, Exophthalmos therapy, Eye Neoplasms complications, Eye Neoplasms therapy, Fibroma complications, Fibroma therapy
- Abstract
In childhood, benign tumors are uncommon causes of exophtalmos. We report a case of intraorbital lipofibroma in an 11-year-old girl who presented with painless, progressive proptosis of the right eye over the preceding 6 months. Ultrasound had shown an extraconal intraorbital mass. Complete excision and pathologic examination were performed, revealing a lipofibroma with no signs of malignancy This case report is notable due to the rarity of the condition., (Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)
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- 2012
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