Unilateral proptosis: a local experience

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the experience with unilateral proptosis at Allama Iqbal Medical College [Jinnah Hospital] and King Edward Medical College [Mayo Hospital], Lahore from July 1995 to October 2001. There were 45 patients of unilateral proptosis managed over a period of six years and three months. There was a male predominance with a ratio of 21. The age range was 2 - 70 years. The average age was 33 years. The commonest cause was a disease in the ethmoids [27/45 - 60%]. Commonest pathology was chronic ethmoiditis and polyposis [10/45 - 22%]. External ethmoidectomy performed through the Lynch Howarth approach has been the commonest surgical procedure required [20/45 - 44%]. Unilateral proptosis is a multidisciplinary problem and requires collaboration of different specialties