Trauma involving the eye, orbital and periorbital regions are commonly seen in cases of road traffic accidents, sports injuries physical assaults, but intraorbital / foreign bodies rare. Early presentation, history trauma, imaging help diagnosis. However, sometimes diagnosis is missed, particularly with late presentation a vague minor trauma non-metallic body. A missed body may present later in...

Three patients aged 15 to 40 years with fibromatosis of the periorbital region were studied. A history of acute onset, preceding trauma, and pain associated with a palpable mass were typical features. Rapid recurrence followed surgical excision. Misdiagnosis is common in this benign disease and may lead to unnecessary examinations for malignancy. Surgical excision or debulking of these masses i...

Periorbital necrotising fasciitis is an uncommon suppurative condition seen following trauma or in debilitated patients and frequently requires extensive debridement.' The basic pathological process is a cellulitis followed by suppuration and necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues and spread along the fascial planes of the sub-muscular aponeurotic system.2 The most frequently responsible pathogen...

A 16-year-old boy, with a history of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, which had been treated with valproic acid since he was 9 years of age, presented with bilateral periorbital rash. His family had found him in a stupor state after groaning early the previous morning. The patient had a history of morning myoclonic seizures and absence seizures, but no history of generalized tonic-clonic seizures. ...

To cite: Pereira VG, Jacinto M, Santos J, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-201407 DESCRIPTION We report a case of a 62-year-old female patient with a 3-year history of non-traumatic palpebral and periorbital purpura (figure 1) and episodes of syncope. She had no other alteration on clinical examination. The laboratory study showed a com...

Necrobiosis lipoidica is a granulomatous skin condition typically occurring on the legs. A patient with this condition presented with gross bilateral induration of the eyelids sufficient to close both eyes.

Caracterizado como uma neoplasia maligna, o linfoma avança inicialmente em tecidos linfoides, mas pode apresentar-se distintos. Os cães comparação as outras espécies, tendem a manifestar de maneira mais agressiva, independente do seu local expressão. O presente trabalho objetivou descrever um caso cão da raça Fox Americano que apresentou aumento volume região periorbital e terceira pálpebra, se...

© 2012 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1296 Journal Compilation © 2012 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Periorbital dermatitis has an incidence of 3.9–4.8% (1). It is most commonly caused by contact allergy (54%) (direct contact 44% or airborne contact 10.2%), irritant contact dermatitis (CD) (9.1%) and atopic dermatitis (25%) (1). Metals are reported among the main causes of airbo...

A 40-year-old female patient with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus was referred to our policlinic with complaints of erythema, atrophy, and telangiectasia on the upper eyelids for 8 months. No associated mucocutaneous lesion was present. Biopsy taken by our ophthalmology department revealed discoid lupus erythematosus. Topical tacrolimus was augmented to the systemic therapeutic...

The swinging eyelid procedure is a versatile technique to approach orbital and periorbital surgical fields with less visible scar. Although mainly used in orbital surgeries, this procedure can also be used to expose the zygomatic arch and periorbital areas. The swinging eyelid procedure, therefore, enables appropriate reduction of zygomaticomalar fracture under direct visualization. We used thi...