Localized neurofibroma of the orbit: a radiographic and histopathologic study

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000 May;16(3):241-6. doi: 10.1097/00002341-200005000-00013.

Abstract

Purpose: To demonstrate the clinical, radiographic, intraoperative and histopathologic presentation of a localized neurofibroma of the orbit.

Methods: Clinicopathologic case report.

Results: A 25-year-old man was examined for inferior displacement of the right globe. Physical examination and neuro-imaging identified a localized solid tissue mass of the superior orbit. Histopathologic evaluation after complete surgical resection proved the lesion to be a localized neurofibroma.

Conclusions: The patient's history, clinical presentation, and imaging studies were strongly characteristic for this infrequently encountered orbital lesion. Several imaging features, including multilobulation, multiplicity, ring-configured contrast enhancement, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal intensity heterogeneity, when present in combination, may be reasonably diagnostic of this tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurofibroma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neurofibroma / pathology*
  • Neurofibroma / surgery
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed