<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Dermoid and epidermoid cysts are among the most common orbital tumors, comprising 3% to 9% of all orbital masses. We report a rare case of upper medial orbital epidermoid cyst of a 2-year-old patient. The patient was complaining of pain in the right eye and infrequent vomiting. The neurological and radiographic examinations showed no pathological findings, only after CT scan was performed a tumor formation was found. After the extirpation a histological examination was performed proving the diagnosis.</p></abstract>

Dermoid and epidermoid cysts are among the most common orbital tumors, comprising 3% to 9% of all orbital masses. We report a rare case of upper medial orbital epidermoid cyst of a 2-year-old patient. The patient was complaining of pain in the right eye and infrequent vomiting. The neurological and radiographic examinations showed no pathological findings, only after CT scan was performed a tumor formation was found. After the extirpation a histological examination was performed proving the diagnosis.

Medial Orbital Epidermoid Cyst

Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty

Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty

Department of General Medicine, Medical Faculty

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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Dermoid and epidermoid cysts are among the most common orbital tumors, comprising 3% to 9% of all orbital masses. We report a rare case of upper medial orbital...

Medial Orbital Epidermoid Cyst

Publicado en línea: 23 oct 2017

Páginas: 49 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2017-0019

Palabras clave
epidermoid cyst, CT scan, extirpation

© 2017 St. Valkanov et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Medial Orbital Epidermoid Cyst

Publicado en línea: 23 oct 2017

Páginas: 49 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2017-0019

Palabras claveepidermoid cyst, CT scan, extirpation

© 2017 St. Valkanov et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
epidermoid cyst, CT scan, extirpation