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UNILATERAL PROPTOSIS DUE TO MIDBRAIN TUMOUR
Author(s) -
CHOUDHURY A. R.,
TAYLOR J. C.,
WHITAKER R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1976.tb01795.x
Subject(s) - midbrain , medicine , surgery , central nervous system
A case of unilateral proptosis attributed to midbrain tumour is reported. The proptosis disappeared after release of intracranial hypertension. The postulated mechanism of the unilateral proptosis on the left side is a relative increase in orbital venous stasis on that side, consequent upon intracranial hypertension.