A Rare Case of Intraconal Orbital Schwannoma
Schwannoma is a benign, slow-growing peripheral nerve sheath tumor that originates from Schwann cells. Orbital schwannoma is relatively rare, accounting for only 1% of all orbital neoplasms. Intraconal orbital schwannoma (within the muscle cone) is rarer still. We present a case of 68-year-old male...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-05-01
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| Series: | Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_86_23 |
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| Summary: | Schwannoma is a benign, slow-growing peripheral nerve sheath tumor that originates from Schwann cells. Orbital schwannoma is relatively rare, accounting for only 1% of all orbital neoplasms. Intraconal orbital schwannoma (within the muscle cone) is rarer still. We present a case of 68-year-old male with painless, slow-growing mass with protrusion of the right eye. The mass was excised after lateral orbitotomy and tissue diagnosis was made on histopathological examination. |
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| ISSN: | 2321-4848 2321-6085 |