Open Access<p>Orbital Lipoma as an Uncommon Cause of Unilateral Proptosis: A Case Report</p>
Author(s) -
Pranav Shrestha,
Gulshan Bahadur Shrestha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international medical case reports journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1179-142X
DOI - 10.2147/imcrj.s266285
Subject(s) - orbit (dynamics) , medicine , lipoma , anatomy , biopsy , histology , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , engineering , aerospace engineering
A 36 year old male presented with a two-month history of a progressively increasing proptosis of the right eye associated with redness. MRI of brain and orbit revealed a mass in the intraconal compartment in the lateral aspect of the right orbit that had T1, T2, and FLAIR high signal intensity and was completely suppressed in the STIR image. Excisional biopsy of the mass resolved the proptosis, and histology revealed encapsulated tumor composed of lobules of mature adipocytes along with fibro collagenous septa. Thus, diagnosis of lipoma was established that has uncommon occurrence in the orbital region.