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2915313

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
Two patients with primary teratomas of the orbit and a third patient with a teratoma invading the orbit from the maxillary sinus are presented. The clinical presentation of each patient was spectacular. In the primary teratomas, the globe was displaced out of the orbit by the attached tumor, causing extreme proptosis. Computed tomography was virtually diagnostic, showing a variegated orbital mass with solid and cystic components. Histologic examination showed multiple tissues derived from two or three germinal layers. The surgical removal of the tumors and reasons for the poor visual outcome are discussed. The appearance of teratomas in the orbit and other cephalic structures appears to arise from the survival and proliferation of germ cells deposited there during embryogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0191-3913
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary and secondary orbital teratomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of South Florida Medical Center, College of Medicine, Tampa 33612.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports