Myxoma of the orbit.

Myxomas are rare, benign neoplasms of mesenchymal origin that usually develop in soft tissues. As the clinical manifestations are non-specific, it is difficult to diagnose the tumour without biopsy and histopathological examination. We report a case of orbital myxoma with histopathological correlati...

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Main Authors: Rambhatla Saptagirish, Subramanian Nirmala, Gangadhara Sundar J, Krishnakumar S, Biswas Jyotirmay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2003-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2003;volume=51;issue=1;spage=85;epage=87;aulast=Rambhatla
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author Rambhatla Saptagirish
Subramanian Nirmala
Gangadhara Sundar J
Krishnakumar S
Biswas Jyotirmay
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description Myxomas are rare, benign neoplasms of mesenchymal origin that usually develop in soft tissues. As the clinical manifestations are non-specific, it is difficult to diagnose the tumour without biopsy and histopathological examination. We report a case of orbital myxoma with histopathological correlation.
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spelling doaj.art-2eb10e628b4e4bf38828b5c316d078692022-12-21T19:54:58ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47382003-01-015118587Myxoma of the orbit.Rambhatla SaptagirishSubramanian NirmalaGangadhara Sundar JKrishnakumar SBiswas JyotirmayMyxomas are rare, benign neoplasms of mesenchymal origin that usually develop in soft tissues. As the clinical manifestations are non-specific, it is difficult to diagnose the tumour without biopsy and histopathological examination. We report a case of orbital myxoma with histopathological correlation.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2003;volume=51;issue=1;spage=85;epage=87;aulast=RambhatlaOrbitmyxomaproptosis
spellingShingle Rambhatla Saptagirish
Subramanian Nirmala
Gangadhara Sundar J
Krishnakumar S
Biswas Jyotirmay
Myxoma of the orbit.
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Orbit
myxoma
proptosis
title Myxoma of the orbit.
title_full Myxoma of the orbit.
title_fullStr Myxoma of the orbit.
title_full_unstemmed Myxoma of the orbit.
title_short Myxoma of the orbit.
title_sort myxoma of the orbit
topic Orbit
myxoma
proptosis
url http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2003;volume=51;issue=1;spage=85;epage=87;aulast=Rambhatla
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