Open AccessBilateral orbital glial heterotopia: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Sunday Nnamdi Okonkwo,
Tayyab Afghani,
Maheen Akbar,
Amna Manzoor,
Muhammad Asif
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/ojo.ojo_214_2017
Subject(s) - heterotopia (medicine) , medicine , encephalocele , lesion , rare disease , surgery , pathology , disease
Glial heterotopia is a rare congenital mass that often presents as a unilateral mass lesion in or around the nose. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice. However, before any surgical intervention for suspected glial heterotopia, distinction should be made both clinically and radiologically from the pathologically related encephalocele to prevent the risk of cerebrospinal fluid leak and meningitis. Here, we report a rare case of bilateral orbital glial heterotopia in a 2-year-old child with review of the literature.