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Ho-Seok Sa1, Jun-Young Ji, Yeon-Lim Suh
1Department of Ophthalmology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Kangnam-ku, Seoul, Korea.
Purpose:
To present a case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the anterior orbit and to describe its clinical features, diagnosis, and management.
Methods:
Case report and literature review.
Results:
A 10-year-old boy presented with diplopia and limited ocular motility in his right eye secondary to a subconjunctival mass in the right supranasal side. Incisional biopsy and debulking were performed. Histopathologic examination showed the proliferation of spindle-shaped myofibroblasts that were immunoreactive for smooth muscle actin and vimentin and infiltrate of inflammatory cells.
Conclusions:
We believe this is the first case of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor found localized in the orbit.
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