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Case Reports
. 2017 Jun 19:8:290.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00290. eCollection 2017.

Pulsatile Proptosis due to Intraorbital Meningocele

Anouke van Rumund  1 , Aad Verrips  2 , Wim I M Verhagen  2
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Case Reports

Pulsatile Proptosis due to Intraorbital Meningocele

Anouke van Rumund et al. Front Neurol. .

Abstract

We present a case of a 79-year-old man with a non-symptomatic pulsatile proptosis of the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a meningocele into the left orbit due to an osseous defect in the orbital roof.

Keywords: MRI imaging; meningocele; orbital roof fracture; proptosis; pulsations.

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Figure 1
Meningocele into the left orbit due to a bony defect in the orbital roof. (A) Axial computed tomography. (B) Axial magnetic resonance imaging short T1 inversion recovery sequence. (C) Sagittal magnetic resonance imaging, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence.
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