Results: The study included 26 patients (19 female, 7 male; mean age, 52 years). The most common feature at the first examination was a palpable periocular mass followed by discomfort, proptosis, ptosis, dry eye, diplopia, and decreased vision. The disease affected the lacrimal gland (42.3%), orbit (38.5%), eyelid (11.5%), and lacrimal sac (7.7%). Among orbital lesions, the anteroinferior quadr...

Extension of an infection from the periorbital structures. This is the most common route. Infections which may breach the orbital septum and extend in this way include the paranasal sinuses, especially ethmoid sinusitis, the face, the globe, the lacrimal sac and dental infection via intermediary maxillary sinusitis. Extension of preseptal cellulitis, particularly in young children in whom the o...

Cysticercosis, a parasitic tissue infestation caused by larval cysts (cysticercus cellulosae) of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, most commonly affects the central nervous system, subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, heart muscle, and the eye. Ocular adnexal infestation in cysticercosis can involve various sites within the eye like vitreous humor, subretinal tissue, extraocular muscle, and la...

CASE REPORT We describe a 79 year-old woman who had a small lesion on the inner corner of her right eye for the last 6 months. The lesion was surgically excised and histologically analysed, with a diagnosis of oncocytoma of the caruncle. DISCUSSION Ocular oncocytomas are rare benign neoplasms found in the caruncle, conjunctiva, lacrimal gland and lacrimal sac. They are composed of transformed...

The eye is a complex and highly developed organ which collects light from the surrounding environment, regulates its intensity through a diaphragm, focuses it through an adjustable lens to form an image on retina where this image is converted into a set of electrical signals transmitted to the brain. The eyes are protected in the skull by a bony box called the eye socket (orbit). The wall of th...