Benign orbital neurilemmoma - an uncommon cause of unilateral proptosis.

نویسندگان

S C Peh

O V Ramani

چکیده

The occurrence of neurilemmoma in general is not infrequent, but it is a relatively uncommon orbital neoplasm. Proptosis caused by the tumour may be mistaken for Grave's disease. This report presents two female patients, aged 42 years and 30 years, with progressive unilateral proptosis. The former patient was investigated for Grave's disease prior to discovery of an orbital neurilemmoma mimicking exophthalmos. Both patients recovered after surgical removal of the neurilemmomas.

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