CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA - A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CASE-REPORT

Cavernous hemangioma is one of the commonest primary orbital tumors. P ainless and progressive reducible unilateral proptosis causing a varia ble degree of hyperopia is the usual clinical presentation. The case o f a 39-year-old-female patient is reported. The clinical presentation was unilateral left axial proptosis with acquired hyperopia. Imaging s tudies showed a well circumscribed mass in the orbit, a superior neuro -surgical approach allowed complete resection of the tumor, and histop athology revealed the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma.