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OBJETIVO: Observar a importância da enoftalmia senil no desenvolvimento do entrópio involucional. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo de 30 pacientes da raça branca com idade superior a 65 anos com diagnóstico de entrópio involucional uni ou bilateral. Estes pacientes (Grupo I) e um grupo controle (Grupo II) foram submetidos a exoftalmometria com o exoftalmômetro de Hertel. Os pacientes do grupo controle não apresentavam entrópio involucional, porém os demais critérios de inclusão e exclusão foram observados. As variáveis idade e exoftalmometria foram submetidas a análise estatística. RESULTADOS: A idade média do Grupo I foi de 77,7 anos e do Grupo II, 75,7 anos. Ao analisar os 18 casos unilaterais do Grupo I foi observado que não há diferença estatisticamente significante entre os valores da exoftalmometria obtidos nos olhos com doença (15,22 mm) com os dos olhos sem a doença (15,11 mm). O mesmo ocorreu analisando a média da exoftalmometria do Grupo II (15,3 mm) em relação à dos olhos com doença. CONCLUSÃO: Não foi observada relação entre a presença de entrópio involucional e enoftalmia senil.
PURPOSE: To observe the role of senile enophthalmos in involutional entropion. METHODS: Prospective clinical study comparing a population of 30 white patients above 65 years with involutional entropion (Group I) of an age- and race-matched control group (Group II). All age and exophthalmometric values were analyzed by a statistical study. RESULTS: The average age was 77.7 years in Group I and 75.7 years in Group II. Eyes with involutional entropion are no more likely to have enophthalmos (15.22 mm) than is the involved contralateral eye (15.11 mm) or normal eyes of an age- and race-matched control group (15.13 mm). CONCLUSION: There is no correlation between involutional entropion and senile enophthalmos.
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Humans , Male , Female , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Enophthalmos/complications , Entropion/etiology , Case-Control Studies , Enophthalmos/diagnosis , Entropion/diagnosis , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
Lymphangioma is a rare benign developmental vascular tumor that may be found in orbit, skull and elsewhere in head and neck. Few cases of extension of this benign but insidious tumor posteriorly out of the bony orbital cavity have been reported. The patient was 40-year-old man complaining of proptosis of right eye for one month. Physical examination revealed severe right exophthalmus, impairment of eyeball movement in all directions. Visual acuity was much impaired and he could percept only light with right eye. CT and MRI scans showed intraconal and extraconal involvement of ill-defined, heterogenous mass with extension of the tumor posteriorly beyond the orbital cavity involving right frontal and temporal lobe, skull and subcutaneous tissue. The tumor was subtotally removed via orbito-frontal approach without damaging vital neural and orbital component. Then, orbital roof reconstruction and cranioplasty were done with resin. Successful surgical removal of lymphangioma is very difficult due to its severe infiltration to surrounding tissue and tendency to bleed during debulking. We report a rare case of orbital cavernous lymphangioma with intracranial extension treated with surgical decompression, with review of literatures.
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Adult , Humans , Decompression, Surgical , Exophthalmos , Head , Lymphangioma , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neck , Orbit , Physical Examination , Skull , Subcutaneous Tissue , Temporal Lobe , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
The authors have experienced a case of histiocytosis-X. A 7-year-old male patient had three tender masses, one on the right parietal region, another on the left parietal region, the other on the left occipital region and revealed exophthalmus on his left side. Plain skull films showed multiple punched out skull defects and on lumbar spine films, collapse of body of second lumbar vertebra was detected. Among the masses, the largest right parietal one was excised totally. The final diagnosis revealed histiocytosis-X on pathologic basis and he was given subsequent chemotheraphy.