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Resolution of persistent traumatic supraorbital pain after neuroma excision
Matthew Tukel1, Robert Beaulieu2,3,4, Alon Kahana3,4
1Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Abstract:
We describe a case of an 18-year-old male who developed a supraorbital neuroma following facial trauma that occurred 2 years earlier. He presented with complaints of persistent facial pain and migraines despite successful laceration repair and removal of foreign bodies at the time of injury. A non-contrast computed tomography (CT) scan of the orbits revealed an enlarged supraorbital nerve with remodeling and expansion of the supraorbital notch, suggesting a neuroma. The patient underwent orbitotomy with excision of neuroma (confirmed histologically) and experienced a complete resolution of periorbital pain.

