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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr;88(4):153-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2012.04.017. Epub 2012 May 29.

Congenital proptosis secondary to orbital teratoma. Clinicopathological study

[Article in English, Spanish]
P Grube-Pagola  1 , R I Hobart-Hernández, M A Martínez-Hernández, S M Gómez-Dorantes, G Alderete-Vázquez
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Congenital proptosis secondary to orbital teratoma. Clinicopathological study

[Article in English, Spanish]
P Grube-Pagola et al. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

Case report: A newborn male with right proptosis secondary to a retroocular mass. Ophthalmological examination also showed corneal ulcer and perforation, iris hernia, total ophthalmoplegia, chemosis and eyelid retraction. The histopathology diagnosis was mature teratoma.

Discussion: Teratomas are tumors composed of a mixture of mature tissues consisting of 3 germ layers. Congenital teratomas of the orbit are very rare and should be included as a possibility in cases with a primary tumor in the orbit.

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