Beware the pulsatile proptosis

Pulsatile Proptosis due to Intraorbital Meningocele

We present a case of a 79-year-old man with a non-symptomatic pulsatile proptosis of the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a meningocele into the left orbit due to an osseous defect in the orbital roof.

Orbital Meningoencephalocele and Pulsatile Proptosis: A Rare Entity

Orbital roof defects are rare congenital osseous abnormalities that cause protrusion of intracranial contents into the orbit, resulting in a condition known as the orbital meningoencephalocele, a rare cause of pulsatile proptosis. We present a case of a 25-year-old lady, presented to us with complaints of left frontal headache, left eye protrusion and double vision from the left eye for the pas...

Unilateral proptosis in the newborn.

Unilateral proptosis.

Twenty-seven children with unilateral proptosis were investigated over a period of 8 1/2 years. Seventeen (63%) of them had local or disseminated malignancy, a higher proportion than in earlier reports. The frequency of inflammatory lesions, particularly ethmoiditis progressing to proptosis, appeared to have decreased, probably because of the liberal use of antibiotics for upper respiratory tra...

Beware the Masquerading Malignancy

1 Parviz L. Sadigh, MB ChB Seng-Feng Jeng, MD E-Da Hospital I-Shou University Kaohsiung, Taiwan Sir: A plastic surgeons we often find ourselves operating on all parts of the human body. Indeed, it is this variation, unparalleled among the other surgical specialties, that stands Plastic Surgery out and makes for such a fascinating and captivating choice of career. It is important to remember, ho...