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Boeun Lee1, Soo Jeong Park1,2, Ju Hyung Moon1,2,3
1Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
A 56-year woman presented eyeball pain and blurred vision. MRI revealed a small well-delineated solid tumor in the apex of right orbit with optic nerve compression. Intraoperatively, the tumor was found very fibrous, hypervascular and adhesive to surrounding structures. The tumor was completely removed with the combination of endoscopic and microscopic technique. Patient experienced transient oculomotor nerve palsy, which completely recovered 3 months after surgery. Herein we report a rare case of angioleiomyoma in the orbital apex.
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