This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (6)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

NATHANIEL R. KATLAN, M.D.; WILLIAM R. GRIFFIN, M.D.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1961;65(4):542-545.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

This case is reported because of the unusually large size of the osteoma. The tumor caused severe headaches and rendered the patient blind in the involved eye. After surgical removal of the growth, a visual acuity of 20/200 was obtained together with an excellent cosmetic result.

Frequency of Osteomata

Osteoma of the orbit is not a common tumor of the orbit. Reese¹ examined 109 cases of tumors arising primarily in the orbit and found osteoma in one case only. Benedict² examined 740 tumors or tumorlike lesions of the orbit at the Mayo Clinic and reported 38 as osteomas. Forrest³ examined 184 primary orbital tumors and found osteoma in only 5 cases.

Classification of Osteomata

Osteomata are classified into 2 main types by Parsons⁴: (1) hard, eburnated or ivory osteomas; (2) soft or cancellous osteomas.

Pathology of Osteomata

Andrews⁵ states that osteomata are usually spherical or . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Flushing, N.Y.

The Ophthalmological Section of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 14, 1960.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?