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Ying-Jen Chen, MD; Jiann-Torng Chen, MD, PhD; Da-Wen Lu, MD, PhD; Hong-Wei Gao, MD; Ming-Cheng Tai, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(8):1070-1072.

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A 34-year-old woman had a progressively protruding and painful mass of the right orbit for 1 month. On examination, the soft-tissue mass was about 5 cm in diameter and firmly fixed to the right orbit with resultant protrusion of the lower eyelid and proptosis (Figure 1A and B). Visual acuity was no light perception, coupled with limited eyeball motility. There was neither hepatosplenomegaly nor lymphadenopathy. Her family history was noncontributory. Computed tomography of the orbits revealed a large mass measuring 7.1 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm and completely occupying the expanded right orbit without bony destruction (Figure 1C). Magnetic resonance imaging of the orbits showed a large, heterogeneously enhancing soft-tissue mass compressing and pushing the eyeball anteriorly and extending posteriorly to the optic canal (Figure 1D). A . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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