Orbital dermoid cyst

Over a thirteen year period forty patients underwent surgery to remove an orbital dermoid cyst. Cysts which became manifest after the age of three years were deeper and larger than most that were noted before that age. Three out of four epidermoid cysts appeared after the age of 17 years and had an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Eye (London) 1987-01, Vol.1 (4), p.504-511
Hauptverfasser:	LANE, C. M, EHRLICH, W. W, WRIGHT, J. E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Dermoid Cyst - diagnostic imaging Dermoid Cyst - pathology Dermoid Cyst - surgery Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Ophthalmology Orbital Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Orbital Neoplasms - pathology Orbital Neoplasms - surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors and pseudotumors of the eye, orbit, eyelid, lacrimal apparatus
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Zusammenfassung:	Over a thirteen year period forty patients underwent surgery to remove an orbital dermoid cyst. Cysts which became manifest after the age of three years were deeper and larger than most that were noted before that age. Three out of four epidermoid cysts appeared after the age of 17 years and had an intracranial component. The majority of cysts showed histological evidence of leakage and associated inflammation. It is our view that dermoid cysts should be totally excised because they gradually enlarge and cause inflammation and scarring in adjacent structures.
ISSN:	0950-222X 1476-5454
DOI:	10.1038/eye.1987.76