OBJECTIVE To retrospectively analyse causes of childhood proptosis and their investigations and treatment. METHODOLOGY The records of children under 15 years of age presenting with proptosis to The Children's Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, were reviewed for the period 1983-93 inclusive. RESULTS Fifty-seven cases of proptosis were found. In order of frequency the causes were; orbital cellulit...

Purpose: Here we report a case of postoperative cheek cyst arising from the maxillary sinus with orbital involvement.Case summary: A 56-year-old male presented to our clinic right periorbital edema and visual impairment. Upon examination, he had field defect best corrected acuity 0.6 in eye. The patient was diagnosed originating sinus. developed because radical surgery. Computed tomography show...

Purpose To present a young female patient with left anterior orbital leiomyoma that originates from the supraorbital neurovascular bundle. Case presentation A 41-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with a complaint of swelling of the left upper eyelid. Based on the ophthalmological and imaging assessments, the excisional biopsy with the preliminary diagnosis of dermoid cyst was...

The authors have reviewed 15 cases of orbital dermoids representing 6% of orbital tumours seen at the University of British Columbia Orbital Clinic. They tended to occur as either asymptomatic superficial lesions in children or as complicated deep lesions in adolescents and adults. The superficial lesions were as frequent medially as laterally and could be dealt with by a direct uncomplicated s...