Cerebellar Tumour with Proptosis

Unilateral proptosis due to cerebellar stroke.

A Case of Cerebellar Tumour

Y. S., Hindu male, well built, aged 25, Berad by caste, a farmer, was admitted into the Civil Hospital, Belgaum, on 24th July, 1933, for severe headache. He was sent by the patil (headman) of his village, as he used to roll on the ground because of pain in the head. He had received local treatment in the village for three months without any relief. On admission.?His speech is slow and he walks ...

Multiple myelomatosis with proptosis.

MULTIPLE myelomata are uncommon endosteal tumours developing from the myeloblastic elements of the bone marrow. The ribs, sternum, clavicle, vertebral bodies, and pelvis are favourite sites; the skull is also frequently involved and the long bones may be affected, but never alone (Perkins, 1936). The disease has an insidious onset and is often only recognized late when multiple nodules appear o...

Congenital Orbital Teratoma with Unilateral Proptosis.

Teratoma is a rare tumor, containing structures originating from all three germinal layers. The most frequent location of teratoma is the gonads. Orbital teratoma is extremely rare. In 1969, Jensen reported that only 40 cases of orbital teratoma existed in the world. We describe a rare case of orbital teratoma in a 15-day girl who presented with marked proptosis of the left eye. The eyeball was...

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...