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Case Reports
. 2009 May-Jun;57(3):238-40.
doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.49405.

Solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit presenting in pregnancy

Jayanta K Das  1 , Angshuman Sen Sharma, Akshay Ch Deka, Dipankar Das
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Case Reports

Solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit presenting in pregnancy

Jayanta K Das et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2009 May-Jun.

Abstract

A 32-year-old woman, three months pregnant, reported with the complaint of protrusion of the right eye for six months. She gave history of rapid protrusion of eyeball for the last two months along with the history of double vision for the last one month. Computer tomography (CT) scan revealed a well-defined mass lesion in the intraconal space of the right orbit which was excised through a lateral orbitotomy approach. Histological examination and immunohistochemistry revealed a solitary fibrous tumor, which showed a rapid progression in pregnancy.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) CT scan of the right orbit (axial view) showed an intraconal mass lesion of the right orbit (b) clinical view of the patient (preoperative)
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Intra-operative view of the mass during lateral orbitotomy (b) gross appearance of the excised mass
Figure 3
Figure 3
(a) Lower magnification (×10) shows spindle-shaped cells with uniform nuclei (b) higher magnification (×40) shows spindle-shaped cells with uniform nuclei containing finely dispersed chromatin. Dense collagen bundles are woven between the cells (H and E stain)
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