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Glial heterotopia of the orbit and extranasal region: an unusual entity
Author(s) -
Bajaj Mandeep S,
Kashyap Seema,
Wagh Vijay B,
Pathak Harish,
Shrey Dinesh
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01072.x
Subject(s) - heterotopia (medicine) , medicine , orbit (dynamics) , nose , pathology , anatomy , engineering , aerospace engineering
A bstract Glial heterotopia or the occurrence of isolated non‐teratomatous extracranial glial tissue is rare. Most of the reported cases of this entity arise in the nose. Herein a rare case of heterotopic glial tissue in the orbit and extranasal region without bony defect is described.