Analysis of primary benign orbital lesions
10.3969/j.issn.1672-5123.2009.04.008
- VernacularTitle:原发性眼内良性病变的分析
- Author:
Partab RAI
;
Syed Imtiaz Ali SHAH
;
Ashok Kumar NARSANI
;
Javed Hassan NIAZI
;
Memon Muhammad KHAN
;
Saeed, IQBAL
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
benign orbital lesion;
primary;
diagnosis
- From:
International Eye Science
2009;09(4):634-641
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
AIM: To study the pattern of presentation and to highlight the common causes of primary benign orbital lesions.of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi from July 1997 to August 2001 and then from September 2001 to date (Continued) at the Department of Ophthalmology of Chandka Medical College & Hospital Larkana. Only patients with primary benign orbital lesions were included in this study. All the patients were admitted in eye ward from the out patients department. The diagnosis of the disease was based on the presentation, clinical examination, investigations and histopathology of excised mass. A total of 68 patients were included in this study. The age range was from 2 months to 60 years. Out of 68, 27 (39.7%) patients were male and 41 (60.3%) were female. The left orbit was involved in 35 (51.5%) and right orbit was involved in 33 (48.5%).revealed that superficial capillary hemangiomas of the eye lid were the most common lesion 26 (38.2%) followed by deep orbital cavernous hemangiomas 5 (7.4%), lymphangiomas 5 (7.4%), orbital varices 4 (5.9%), gliomas 7 (10.3%), meningiomas 5 (7.4%), neurofibromas 5 (7.4%), neurofibromatosis 4 (5.9%), schwannomas 2 (2.9%), and pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed cell tumor) of lacrimal gland 5 (7.4%) cases.treatment can prevent the patient from visual and life threatening complications.
