SPHENOID INTRAOSSEOUS CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA - A RARE CAUSE OF ORBITAL CONGESTION

Authors
TENTUSSCHER MPM WILMINK JT BEULS E
Citation
Mpm. Tentusscher et al., SPHENOID INTRAOSSEOUS CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA - A RARE CAUSE OF ORBITAL CONGESTION, Neuro-ophthalmology, 16(2), 1996, pp. 125-127
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuro-ophthalmology
ISSN journal
01658107 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
125 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-8107(1996)16:2<125:SICH-A>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A patient developed episcleral and conjunctival venous congestion, inc reased intraocular pressure, restriction of ocular motility, and exoph thalmos from an intraosseous cavernous hemangioma in the sphenoid sinu s. This is a rare condition which may be easily misdiagnosed as an orb ital arteriovenous shunt.