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Orbital Tumors

Overview | Orbit Anatomy |
Dermoids | Herniated Orbital Fat | Optic Nerve Glioma | Capillary Hemangioma
Cavernous Hemangioma Hemangiopericytoma | Lacrimal Sac | Lacrimal Gland Tumors
Lacrimal Gland Tumors References Lymphangioma | Lymphoma | Neurofibroma |
Pseudotumor | Schwannomas | Sphenoid Wing Meningioma |

Orbital Tumors - Neurofibroma
    General | Imaging | Pathology | Surgery

    General

    • most common nerve sheath tumor
    • hamartoma of endoneural fibroblasts, Schwann cells, axons
    • localized
    • present in early to middle age
    • like schwannomas , 10% have NF1

    Imaging

    • not encapsulated but cannot tell from imaging

    Patholog

    Surgery

    • can be multiple, plexiform (diffuse)
    • remove by superior orbitotomy, can undergo malignant transformation