Titel | An unusual case of orbital cellulitis |
Doel | To report an atypical, impressive orbital cellulitis which revealed a lacrimal gland invasion of a temporal bone metastasis of a yet undetected prostate carcinoma. |
Methodes | A case report of a 58 year old man. |
Resultaten | Clinical examination showed a right posterior orbital cellulitis with restriction of the motility, proptosis and hypotropia. The best corrected visual acuity of the right eye was 9/10. A total work-up, including a biopsy of the right temporal bone and lacrimal gland, revealed a metastasis of a poorly differentiated, fully metastasized prostate carcinoma. |
Conclusie | Metastatic disease to the orbit is uncommon, presenting only 2% to 9% of all orbital neoplasms. Orbital metastases caused by prostate carcinoma are quite rare, accounting for only 3,6% of all orbital metastases encountered in clinical practice. Atypical cases of orbital cellulitis warrant a meticulous work-up, because more extensive underlying pathology, such as metastatic disease, may be present. |
Naam | BROUWERS |
Initialen | K |
Instituut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hopspital Brussels |
Stad | Brussels |
Naam | SALU |
Initialen | P |
Instituut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hopspital Brussels |
Stad | Brussels |