Orbital glomus tumor in an Asian patient

BMC Ophthalmology

Case Report

Sehyun Baek¹  Minwook Chang¹  Tae Soo Lee¹  Youngseok Lee² 

[1] Department of Ophthalmology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea;Department of Pathology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea;

关键词: Orbital glomus tumor;    Asian patients;    Recur;    Rapid growth;    Painless;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2415-12-62

 received in 2012-06-13, accepted in 2012-11-16,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThis report describes a recurrent orbital glomus tumor in an Asian patient.Case presentationA healthy 50-year-old Korean man had progressive right exophthalmos and a soft mass on his right lower lid for 6 months. We evaluated the mass using CT and MRI, and performed excisional biopsy and pathologic examination. Pathologically, the mass was a glomus tumor. Although proptosis of the right eye decreased, one month after surgery it increased to almost the same level as before surgery.ConclusionsThis is the first report of an Asian patient with an orbital glomus tumor that demonstrated rapid re-growth after incision without pain or visual problems.

【 授权许可】

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