An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case report

Aneurysmal bone cyst(ABC) is a rare vascular tumor arising usually from long bone and vertebrae,very rarely involves the skull and facial bone. Here, we present a case of a 9-year-old child presented with progressive proptosis and strabismus of the left eye associated with nasal obstruction and epis...

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Main Authors: Suchismita Mishra, Alok Das, Chinthala Navyasree
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.kjophthal.com/article.asp?issn=0976-6677;year=2023;volume=35;issue=1;spage=93;epage=95;aulast=Mishra
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description Aneurysmal bone cyst(ABC) is a rare vascular tumor arising usually from long bone and vertebrae,very rarely involves the skull and facial bone. Here, we present a case of a 9-year-old child presented with progressive proptosis and strabismus of the left eye associated with nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Computed tomography was done which gave us an insight into the possibilities of ABC, giant cell tumor, adenomatoid odontogenic tumor, etc., Biopsy was taken for histopathological confirmation. Usually, ABC of the maxillary sinus presents with pain, cheek swelling, and nasal obstruction. Our patient presented with ocular findings which are rare among maxillary bone ABCs.
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spelling doaj.art-746b6959cfcc4c828e342030d1809d762023-10-30T10:41:45ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsKerala Journal of Ophthalmology0976-66772023-01-01351939510.4103/kjo.kjo_173_21An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case reportSuchismita MishraAlok DasChinthala NavyasreeAneurysmal bone cyst(ABC) is a rare vascular tumor arising usually from long bone and vertebrae,very rarely involves the skull and facial bone. Here, we present a case of a 9-year-old child presented with progressive proptosis and strabismus of the left eye associated with nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Computed tomography was done which gave us an insight into the possibilities of ABC, giant cell tumor, adenomatoid odontogenic tumor, etc., Biopsy was taken for histopathological confirmation. Usually, ABC of the maxillary sinus presents with pain, cheek swelling, and nasal obstruction. Our patient presented with ocular findings which are rare among maxillary bone ABCs.http://www.kjophthal.com/article.asp?issn=0976-6677;year=2023;volume=35;issue=1;spage=93;epage=95;aulast=Mishraaneurysmal bone cystproptosisstrabismus
spellingShingle Suchismita Mishra
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Chinthala Navyasree
An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case report
Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology
aneurysmal bone cyst
proptosis
strabismus
title An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case report
title_full An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case report
title_fullStr An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case report
title_short An unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child: A rare case report
title_sort unusual presentation of aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus in a child a rare case report
topic aneurysmal bone cyst
proptosis
strabismus
url http://www.kjophthal.com/article.asp?issn=0976-6677;year=2023;volume=35;issue=1;spage=93;epage=95;aulast=Mishra
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