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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 11:2019:3640175.
doi: 10.1155/2019/3640175. eCollection 2019.

Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report

Bishow Raj Timalsina  1 , Gulshan Bahadur Shrestha  1 , Madhu Thapa  1
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Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report

Bishow Raj Timalsina et al. Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. .

Abstract

Microphthalmia is considered to be the most common congenital malformation of the eye after congenital cataract. However, its association with intraorbital cyst is considered to be very rare. Most of the lesions are still misdiagnosed as orbital tumor and teratomas as there is a general paucity of data reported in literature. Herein, we report a rare case of congenital microphthalmia with intraorbital cyst in an eight-month-old male patient.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Preoperative view of right eye.
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Figure 2
MDCT showing cyst and microphthalmic eye.
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Figure 3
Glial tissue with cystic component 200×.
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Figure 4
Higher power view of Glial tissue 400×.
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