Neuro-ophthalmologic symptomatology in 246 patients with orbital space-occupying processes
| Autor: | D. Stoilova, S. Cherninkova, I. Iliev, Chr. Tzekov, V. Bussarski, S. Nachev, T. Gudeva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Orbital space
medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Lacrimal gland medicine.disease eye diseases Surgery Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Atrophy medicine Optic nerve sense organs Neurology (clinical) Mucocele Radiology Neurosurgery medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Neuro-Ophthalmology. 27:45-54 |
| ISSN: | 1744-506X 0165-8107 |
| DOI: | 10.1076/noph.27.1.45.14302 |
| Popis: | A total of 246 patients with orbital space-occupying processes were treated at the Clinic of Neurosurgery, University ‘Alexandrovska’ Hospital, in the period 1986-1999. There were 119 males and 127 females, aged between 2 and 76 years. The pathologies were orbital pseudotumor (14.6%), mucocele of the orbital walls (14.2%), hemangiomas (13%), tumors of the optic nerve and chiasm (9.8%), secondary tumors (11.4%), metastases (6.9%), tumors of the lacrimal gland (4.5%), tumors of peripheral nerves (4.5%), bone tumors (4.0%), tumors of fibrous tissue (4.0%), dermoid and epidermoid tumors (3.2%), lymphomas (1.6%), rhabdomyosarcomas (1.6%), multiple myelomas (1.2%), and other rare tumors. The main clinical symptoms were proptosis (76.8%), limitation of ocular movements (60.9%), diminished visual acuity (52.4%), eyelid swelling (20.7%), orbital pain (26.0%), local tumor (20.7%), optic disc swelling (15.0%), and optic atrophy (20.3%), with the incidence varying among the individual nosologic entities. All patients... |
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