| Literature DB >> 28533854 |
Abderrazzak El Saqui1, Mohamed Aggouri1, Mohamed Benzagmout1, Khalid Chakour1, Mohamed El Faiz Chaoui1.
Abstract
Cavernous hemangioma is the most frequent primary benign vascular tumor of the orbit in the adult; the median age of diagnosis is 42 years with a female predominance. This tumor develops slowly and has no tendency for spontaneous regression; it is electively located at the level of the retro-ocular muscular cone but it can develop in the extraconic space. Clinically it appears as progressive irreducible, non-pulsating, painless (unless there's an unexpected complication) exophthalmia, associated with decrease in visual acuity in 2/3 of cases. The diagnosis is easily confirmed by imaging, which allows to precisely locate the tumor in relation to the optic nerve and the oculomotor muscles and to indicate the type of surgical approach. Surgical resection should be complete; it is usually simple because the tumor is limited and perfectly cleavable. Surgical approach is established on the basis of tumor volume and above all of the seat of the lesion. Functional prognosis is good and recurrences are rare. We here report the case of a 44-year old patient with orbital cavernous hemangioma revealed by exophthalmia.Entities:
Keywords: Cavernous hemangioma; MRI; intraorbital; surgery; vascular tumor
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28533854 PMCID: PMC5429418 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.131.9808
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1TDM orbito-encéphalique en reconstructions sagittale (A) et frontale (B) montrant un processus tissulaire intraorbitaire gauche, intraconique, refoulant le globe oculaire en avant et prenant le produit de contraste de manière hétérogène
Figure 2IRM orbito-encéphalique en coupes axiales T1 sans (A) et avec Gadolinium (B), coupe axiale T2 (C) et coupe coronale T1 avec Gadolinium (D) montrant un processus tissulaire intraconique gauche, bien limité, en isosignal T1, hypersignal T2, prenant fortement le contraste, refoulant le globe oculaire en avant et déterminant une exophtalmie grade III. Aspect évoquant un Angiome caverneux intraorbitaire
Figure 3Aspect macroscopique de l’angiome caverneux enlevé en bloc
Figure 4Aspect microscopique de l’ACO (A= grossissement x5, B= grossissement x140): Coupe histologique HES objectivant une prolifération vasculaire bénigne, les vaisseaux sont de taille variable, souvent dilatés congestifs et tapissés par une monocouche de cellules endothéliales régulières aplaties