J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1980 Dec;21(4):621-623.
A Case of Orbital Neurilemmoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Neurilemmoma (Schwannoma) is a extremely rare benign tumor which origin is thought to be of nerve sheath of peripheral, cranial and sympathetic nerve. Here we report a case of orbital neurilemmoma which has grown more than two years in the female patient of thirty years old. She visited to our hospital because of decreased visual acuity and protrusion of the right eyeball. Surgery of the orbit revealed a wall-nut sized, well encapsulated, gray colored, egg-shaped tumor which was confirmed by biopsy.
