Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report

Microphthalmia is considered to be the most common congenital malformation of the eye after congenital cataract. However, its association with intraorbital cyst is considered to be very rare. Most of the lesions are still misdiagnosed as orbital tumor and teratomas as there is a general paucity of d...

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Main Authors: Bishow Raj Timalsina, Gulshan Bahadur Shrestha, Madhu Thapa
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3640175
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description Microphthalmia is considered to be the most common congenital malformation of the eye after congenital cataract. However, its association with intraorbital cyst is considered to be very rare. Most of the lesions are still misdiagnosed as orbital tumor and teratomas as there is a general paucity of data reported in literature. Herein, we report a rare case of congenital microphthalmia with intraorbital cyst in an eight-month-old male patient.
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spelling doaj-art-33ff7657298942d486cc43d0a03b96d82025-08-20T02:24:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine2090-67222090-67302019-01-01201910.1155/2019/36401753640175Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case ReportBishow Raj Timalsina0Gulshan Bahadur Shrestha1Madhu Thapa2Department of Ophthalmology, B.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Ophthalmology, B.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Ophthalmology, B.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Kathmandu, NepalMicrophthalmia is considered to be the most common congenital malformation of the eye after congenital cataract. However, its association with intraorbital cyst is considered to be very rare. Most of the lesions are still misdiagnosed as orbital tumor and teratomas as there is a general paucity of data reported in literature. Herein, we report a rare case of congenital microphthalmia with intraorbital cyst in an eight-month-old male patient.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3640175
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title Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report
title_full Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report
title_fullStr Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report
title_short Congenital Microphthalmia with Intraorbital Cyst: A Rare Case Report
title_sort congenital microphthalmia with intraorbital cyst a rare case report
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