Unilateral proptosis in a woman with asthma

Unilateral proptosis in a woman with asthma.

To cite: Sakaue S, Sumitomo S, Fujio K, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-207532 DESCRIPTION A 47-year-old woman with a history of bronchial asthma presented with progressive proptosis of the right eye and diplopia. Her right eye showed apparent exophthalmos, impaired movement, conjunctival hyperaemia and episcleritis. Laboratory analysi...

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...

Unilateral proptosis in the newborn.

Unilateral proptosis in E.N.T. practice.

Seventeen cases of unilateral proptosis aged 11-54 years are presented. The proptosis was due to mucormycosis in 7, ethmoid polyposis in 4, malignancy in 4, and one each due to Ringert's tumour and fibrous dysplasia. Surgery was performed in all cases with the aim of total extirpation of disease and orbital repositioning. The surgical approaches included transverse maxillary osteotomy, transant...

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...