Strange tumor pushes eyeball out, leaving man unable to close eyes

Recently, doctors at Thai Nguyen Central Hospital received a rare case with a large tumor that had complications of compressing the eyeball and optic nerve, causing bulging eyes.

A 60-year-old patient with symptoms such as not being able to close his eyes completely, blurred vision, eye pain, greatly affecting his appearance and daily activities.

Dr. Vu Ngoc Giang, Department of Neurosurgery - Spine, said that orbital tumors are rare. According to the American Cancer Society, the incidence of the disease is only about 1/100,000 people. The term orbital tumor is often used to refer to neoplasms, not metastatic tumors from other locations, that appear in the eye socket other than the eyeball.

Pre-operative photo of the eye not closing completely (left) and post-operative photo of the eye closing completely (right). (Photo provided by the hospital).

The above patient underwent microsurgery with an incision above the eye socket through the eyebrow arch to preserve the eyebrow arch. The 3x4 cm tumor was removed, the specimen was sent to the Department of Pathology for histopathology testing, the result was benign.

Pathological lesions of orbital tumors are very diverse and the main treatment method is surgery. Meanwhile, the orbit is an area with delicate anatomy containing the eyeball with many important neurovascular structures.

Transtemporal microsurgery (extracranial incision into the orbit through the eyebrow arch) has the advantage of approaching the tumor, no need to cut bone, no cosmetic surgical scar, avoids damage to the eyelids and incomplete eye closure after surgery.

There is currently no way to prevent orbital tumors. However, doctors say people can improve their chances of treatment by seeing a doctor as soon as they notice any unusual signs in their eyes.

Le Trang

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