151. Frontoethmoidal osteoma with orbital extension. A case report.
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Blanco Domínguez I, Oteiza Álvarez AV, Martínez González LM, Moreno García-Rubio B, Franco Iglesias G, and Riba García J
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- Adult, Diplopia etiology, Ethmoid Sinus diagnostic imaging, Ethmoid Sinus surgery, Exophthalmos etiology, Frontal Sinus diagnostic imaging, Frontal Sinus surgery, Humans, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Male, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Orbit diagnostic imaging, Osteoma complications, Osteoma diagnostic imaging, Osteoma surgery, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms complications, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms surgery, Postoperative Complications etiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Torticollis etiology, Ethmoid Sinus pathology, Frontal Sinus pathology, Orbit pathology, Osteoma pathology, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms pathology
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Case Report: A case is presented of a right frontoethmoidal osteoma with intraorbital invasion in a 43-year-old male, who was seen in the clinic with a proptosis, retro-orbital pain, peri-palpebral inflammation, and binocular diplopia due to muscular route limitation. Open surgery was performed using a subcranial approach, with removal of several fragments of osteoma. Histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis., Discussion: Osteomas are benign bone-forming tumours with slow growth. They are usually asymptomatic until mass effect complications occur in the brain or in the orbit, or locally, generating mucoceles due to sinus drainage obstruction., (Copyright © 2016 Sociedad Española de Oftalmología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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