TY - JOUR
T1 - Solitary orbital myofibroma
T2 - Clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic findings. a report of two cases
AU - Calsina, Marta
AU - Philipone, Elizabeth
AU - Patwardhan, Mugdha
AU - Eisig, Sidney
AU - Prat, Joan
AU - Kazim, Michael
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This describes a non-interventional case series of 2 patients, aged 7 and 9 years referred to Oculoplastic Unit, both for evaluation of a gradually enlarging, painless, mass of the cheek. CT scan of the first case revealed left orbital floor destruction from a well-defined intraosseous mass. The second was a round circumscribed orbital floor tumor without bone destruction. Histological diagnosis of myofibroma was rendered in both cases. Solitary myofibromas are rare in the orbit. Their rapid growth and bony destruction can mimic malignant tumors. Complete excision with close follow-up is the preferred treatment. Solitary myofibroma should be considered in the differential diagnoses of fibrous tumors with bone destruction in the orbit.
AB - This describes a non-interventional case series of 2 patients, aged 7 and 9 years referred to Oculoplastic Unit, both for evaluation of a gradually enlarging, painless, mass of the cheek. CT scan of the first case revealed left orbital floor destruction from a well-defined intraosseous mass. The second was a round circumscribed orbital floor tumor without bone destruction. Histological diagnosis of myofibroma was rendered in both cases. Solitary myofibromas are rare in the orbit. Their rapid growth and bony destruction can mimic malignant tumors. Complete excision with close follow-up is the preferred treatment. Solitary myofibroma should be considered in the differential diagnoses of fibrous tumors with bone destruction in the orbit.
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U2 - 10.3109/01676830.2011.574773
DO - 10.3109/01676830.2011.574773
M3 - Article
C2 - 21780929
AN - SCOPUS:79960714154
SN - 0167-6830
VL - 30
SP - 180
EP - 182
JO - Orbit
JF - Orbit
IS - 4
ER -