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CASE REPORT
Concomitant orbital cavernous haemangioma and schwannoma in a patient
  1. Shweta Gupta1,
  2. Swathi Kaliki2,
  3. Swarnalata Gowrishankar3
  1. 1L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
  2. 2Department of Ocular Oncology, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
  3. 3Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Swathi Kaliki, kalikiswathi@yahoo.com

Summary

A woman aged 39 years presented with right eye painless proptosis and decreased vision since 5 months. Right fundus examination revealed optic disc oedema. CT of the orbit revealed a well-defined homogeneous mass in the intraconal space in both orbits. Surgical excisional biopsy of the orbital lesions was performed. Histopathological examination of the right orbital lesion was suggestive of cavernous haemangioma and the left orbital lesion revealed schwannoma. The patient had an unremarkable postoperative course with improved visual acuity. This case illustrates benign orbital masses of 2 different tissues of origin in a single patient, which has not been described in the literature.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218638

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors SG is responsible for planning, conduct, reporting and data acquisition. SK is responsible for planning, conduct, reporting, conception and design, of the report. SwG is responsible for reporting and interpretation of data.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.