TY - JOUR
T1 - Orbital Ependymoma
AU - Tsimchi, Imanouel M.
AU - Malik, Amina I.
AU - Takashima, Masayoshi
AU - Lee, Andrew G.
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PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Orbital ependymomas are rare in the orbit and usually occur secondary to extracerebral extension of an intraventricular ependymoma. The authors present a rare case of orbital ependymoma in a 74-year-old female. The patient was initially diagnosed with intraventricular ependymoma at the age of 13 years that required multiple repeat craniotomies for tumor recurrence. She then developed progressive tumor growth with extension into the bilateral frontal lobes and orbit. The orbital involvement produced binocular diplopia, epiphora, and globe distortion with compressive optic neuropathy. To the authors knowledge, this is the first such report in the English language ophthalmic literature.
AB - Orbital ependymomas are rare in the orbit and usually occur secondary to extracerebral extension of an intraventricular ependymoma. The authors present a rare case of orbital ependymoma in a 74-year-old female. The patient was initially diagnosed with intraventricular ependymoma at the age of 13 years that required multiple repeat craniotomies for tumor recurrence. She then developed progressive tumor growth with extension into the bilateral frontal lobes and orbit. The orbital involvement produced binocular diplopia, epiphora, and globe distortion with compressive optic neuropathy. To the authors knowledge, this is the first such report in the English language ophthalmic literature.
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U2 - 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002095
DO - 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002095
M3 - Article
C2 - 35030150
VL - 38
SP - E51-E54
JO - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
JF - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
SN - 0032-1052
IS - 2
ER -