Background: Thyroid-associated eye disease (TED), previously known as Graves’ ophthalmopathy is a cosmetically and functionally debilitating disease that is seen worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and clinical severity of ocular manifestations of Graves’ disease according to sex, age and duration in northern Iran. Methods: Between April 2011 and March 2...

purpose: we report an unusual case of trabecular carcinoid of the ovary with orbital involvement. methods: we encountered a 49-year-old woman with a complaint of bilateral proptosis. ocular examination revealed severe bilateral proptosis and signs of corneal exposure. orbital ct scan showed massive enlargement of extraocular muscles and optic nerve compression. the patient medical history showe...

purpose : to report two cases of orbitofrontal cholesterol granuloma, which is a rare progressive destructive disease case reports : we report two patients with orbitofrontal cholesterol granuloma a 50-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman both with progressive proptosis due to a cystic lesion in the superior part of the orbit with frontal bone erosion and intracranial extension. the second case...

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 mimicki...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease occurring most frequently in infancy or early childhood. The aetiology is still not completely understood, although some form of immunologic dysfunction has been implicated. Clinically, the disease may either be localised or present with multisystem involvement. Here we discuss the case of a seven year old boy presenting with advanced propto...

Orbital floor fractures are generally the result of blowout orbital and may be associated with orbital emphysema leading to proptosis and even to loss of vision. A 49-year-old woman fractured the orbital floor in a fall. After blowing her nose, she developed exophthalmos and severe reduction in vision. She consulted our department and underwent emergency surgical management with orbital drainag...

A 17-year-old male presented with gradual painless diminution of vision since childhood. Slit lamp examination revealed both eyes having congenital cataract. Right eye lens aspiration was performed but was uneventful, and he prepared for left eye surgery after 7 days. Immediately after giving a peribulbar block, a complete akinesia, tight eyelids, and stony hard eyeball was noted. An abaxial pr...

A 75-year-old man with a recent history of pulmonary embolism, presented with collapse followed by a gran mal seizure and right-sided non-pulsatile proptosis. On recovery, he had diplopia on lateral and upward gaze and signs of congestive cardiac failure. Further pulmonary embolism was proven by lung scintigraphy. Computed tomography of his orbits confirmed a contrast-enhancing space-occupying ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic transnasal orbital decompression alone for thyrotoxic orbitopathy. DESIGN Retrospective review of consecutive procedures. SETTING Tertiary referral otorhinolaryngology centre. PATIENTS Twenty-three eyes of 14 patients. INTERVENTION Endoscopic transnasal orbital decompression. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Proptosis reduction, intra-ocular press...