Metastatic tumor of orbit presenting as pulsatile proptosis.
Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie)
; 38(1): 69-72, 2006.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17200589
Pulsatile proptosis is caused by vascular lesion of orbit or by herniation of brain through bony defect in orbit. Pulsatile proptosis secondary to a metastatic tumor of orbit is very uncommon. We report a 69-year-old male who presented with pulsatile proptosis owing to metastasis of an asymptomatic renal cell carcinoma.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Orbital Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell
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Exophthalmos
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Kidney Neoplasms
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie)
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India
Country of publication:
United States