Unilateral proptosis of unexplained origin. IV.

Unilateral Proptosis of Unexplained Origin

ORBITAL exploration has shown that the commonest causes of unilateral proptosis of unexplained origin are small cavernous haemangiomata and blood cysts in the muscle cone space not extending to the orbital apex (Mortada, 1962a). When orbital exploration reveals no abnormality but is followed by slowly progressive proptosis, repeated skull x rays usually show that the cause is a deep orbital wal...

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Unilateral Proptosis of Unexplained Origin * Part Hi

ORBITAL exploration has shown that the commonest causes of unilateral proptosis of unexplained origin are small cavernous haemangiomata and blood cysts in the muscle cone space not extending to the orbital apex (Mortada, 1962a). When orbital exploration reveals no abnormality but is followed by slowly progressive proptosis, repeated skull x rays usually show that the cause is a deep orbital wal...

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Unilateral Proptosis of Unexplained Origin: Report of Nine Cases.

REESE (1951) and other authors hold that, except when an orbital tumour is palpable, no surgery should be attempted unless a deep orbital tumour affects the function of the eye or the optic nerve. Reese recalled no case in which the orbit had been explored with benefit, merely because of an unexplained unilateral proptosis. Among my series of 130 cases of unilateral proptosis, mostly caused by ...

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Unilateral Proptosis of Unexplained Origin * Part Hi by Aly Mortada

ORBITAL exploration has shown that the commonest causes of unilateral proptosis of unexplained origin are small cavernous haemangiomata and blood cysts in the muscle cone space not extending to the orbital apex (Mortada, 1962a). When orbital exploration reveals no abnormality but is followed by slowly progressive proptosis, repeated skull x rays usually show that the cause is a deep orbital wal...

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