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Congenital orbital teratoma: A clinicopathologic case report
Aja Reinhold1, Peter Meyer1,2, Elisabeth Bruder2
1Department of Ophthalmology, University Basel, Mittlere Strasse 91, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
Purpose:
Orbital teratoma can be removed in order to preserve the bulb.
Observations:
Case report of a newborn with an orbital tumor. After spontaneous birth, a massive bulbus protrusion on the left side was observed. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) diagnosis showed an intraorbital cystic lesion containing solid parts and displacing the bulbus oculi. Suspecting a teratoma, primarily a cystic puncture was performed on the first day of life. On the 3rd day of life, cystic lesion was completely resected while preserving the bulbus. Histologically a mature cystic teratoma was observed.
Conclusion And Importance:
This case shows how important prenatal diagnostics is in order to plan the necessary birth preparations in advance and that a bulbus-preserving surgery in orbital teratoma is possible. In the absence of yolk-salk tumor it is associated with a good prognosis.
