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Posttraumatic Respiratory Epithelial Orbital Cyst With Intracranial Extension: A Unique Association
- Source :
- Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020.
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Abstract
- Respiratory epithelial orbital cysts (REOC) are rare benign lesions that may be either congenital or acquired. Congenital REOC develop from embryological epithelial rests and are known as choristomas, whereas acquired forms develop from the sequestration of respiratory epithelium from adjacent paranasal sinuses following trauma and/or fracture repair procedures. The final diagnosis can be difficult because congenital and acquired REOC and mucoceles share the same features histologically. The involvement of the paranasal sinuses, which is the landmark of mucoceles, does not occur with REOC. Moreover, the intracranial extension, which is known for mucoceles, has never been reported for REOC. Respiratory epithelial orbital cysts warrant prompt radical surgical resection given that these lesions may lead to a progressive intracranial progression and/or recurrent infection with a potential for meningitis or cerebral abscess. The authors report a unique case of a patient with an intraorbital posttraumatic respiratory epithelial orbital cyst associated with intracranial involvement.
- Subjects :
- Surgical resection
Recurrent infections
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidermal Cyst
Mucocele
ddc:616.0757
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Paranasal Sinuses
Orbital Diseases
medicine
Humans
Respiratory system
Abscess
ddc:617
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Ophthalmology
Paranasal sinuses
medicine.anatomical_structure
Orbital cyst
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Respiratory epithelium
Surgery
business
Orbit
Meningitis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07409303
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0d7d791366a32607165d8d8845a5e16c