Intraorbital mature teratoma is a rare congenital tumor of slow evolution that can compromise vision. Objectives: We describe the clinical and therapeutic aspects of a mature teratoma in childhood with a literature re...Intraorbital mature teratoma is a rare congenital tumor of slow evolution that can compromise vision. Objectives: We describe the clinical and therapeutic aspects of a mature teratoma in childhood with a literature review. Clinical Case: It was a 12-year-old who had a progressive straight monocular exophthalmia with blindness. CT without and with contrast injection showed a double component intracolonic invasive tumor with partial contrast acquisition after injection. This tumor respected the bone walls of the orbit. The treatment was surgical by conjunctival dissection of the tumor and enucleation. This allowed the tumor to be fully excised under an operating microscope. The operating procedures were simple. Anatomopathology confirmed the nature of the tumor by visualizing the presence of a squamous epithelium by the high-magnification (X20) method of hematoxylin and eosin. Conclusion: Mature intraorbital teratoma is an embryonic tumor with early diagnosis the finding in an older child remains rare. Complete surgical excision allows healing.展开更多
文摘Intraorbital mature teratoma is a rare congenital tumor of slow evolution that can compromise vision. Objectives: We describe the clinical and therapeutic aspects of a mature teratoma in childhood with a literature review. Clinical Case: It was a 12-year-old who had a progressive straight monocular exophthalmia with blindness. CT without and with contrast injection showed a double component intracolonic invasive tumor with partial contrast acquisition after injection. This tumor respected the bone walls of the orbit. The treatment was surgical by conjunctival dissection of the tumor and enucleation. This allowed the tumor to be fully excised under an operating microscope. The operating procedures were simple. Anatomopathology confirmed the nature of the tumor by visualizing the presence of a squamous epithelium by the high-magnification (X20) method of hematoxylin and eosin. Conclusion: Mature intraorbital teratoma is an embryonic tumor with early diagnosis the finding in an older child remains rare. Complete surgical excision allows healing.
