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[Post-traumatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland]
D Abassi-Bakir1, A Turki, M Laarif
1Service de Radiologie des CHU Hached, Sousse, Tunisie.
Revue De Stomatologie Et De Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale
|April 9, 1998
Abstract:
A young 17-year-old man was injured on the external orbital canthus and developed a tumefaction which remained stable. After 2 years the tumefaction with exophthalmia and visual troubles. Radiological investigations suggested two diagnosis: Organized hematoma or a lacrimal gland tumor. Surgical exploration found an apparently benign tumor but histologically it was a cystic adenoid carcinoma.