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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 157-159 |
Solitary ectopic lacrimal gland tissue of the orbit presenting with unilateral proptosis in a 5-year-old child
Nurullah Yuceer1, Erdener Ozer2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir, Turkey
2 Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Nurullah Yuceer
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Dokuz Eylul, Balcova, 35340 Izmir
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.43648
Ectopic lacrimal gland tissue (ELGT) of the orbit is seen rarely. A 5-year-old child with an ELGT of the right orbit causing to unilateral proptosis is presented. Computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies showed an irregular, soft-tissue in the right orbit, without bony erosion. The lesion was excised subtotally by right frontal transcranial approach.
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