Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma
Abstract Purpose: To report a 12-year-old patient with a rapid growing orbital mass and imaging findings suggestive of rhabdomyosarcoma that was found to be dirofilariasis after mass resection. Case Report: We describe a 12-year-old patient with a rapid growing orbital mass involving medial part of...
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| author | Farzad Pakdel Hadi Ghadimi Zohreh Nozarian Fahimeh Asadi Amoli Niloofar Pirmarzdashti Morteza Karimi Mohammad Mehrpour |
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| description | Abstract Purpose: To report a 12-year-old patient with a rapid growing orbital mass and imaging findings suggestive of rhabdomyosarcoma that was found to be dirofilariasis after mass resection. Case Report: We describe a 12-year-old patient with a rapid growing orbital mass involving medial part of orbit and medial rectus muscle and imaging findings suggestive of rhabdomyosarcoma. Histopathologic examination showed the mass to be composed of granulomatous inflammation and the thread-like object to be Dirofilaria repens. The patient was well post-operation without morbidity. In this paper, we describe distinct clinical features and imaging findings of this interesting case. Conclusion: Deep orbital lesions due to dirofilariasis, as in our case, is extremely rare. It is important to add dirofilariasis to the differential diagnosis of orbital mass lesions. Attention to the imaging clues, as provided in this report, can be helpful. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-595d440ba979405fb18a8cdad3e3da7d2025-01-13T07:14:26ZengKnowledge EJournal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research2008-20102008-322X2022-11-0117458759110.18502/jovr.v17i4.12340jovr.v17i4.12340Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital RhabdomyosarcomaFarzad Pakdel0Hadi Ghadimi1Zohreh Nozarian2Fahimeh Asadi Amoli3Niloofar Pirmarzdashti4Morteza Karimi5Mohammad Mehrpour6 Department of Oculo-Facial Plastic Surgery, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran Department of Oculo-Facial Plastic Surgery, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran Department of Pathology, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Pathology, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Pediatric Cell Therapy Research Center, Children Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Oculo-Facial Plastic Surgery, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran Department of Oculo-Facial Plastic Surgery, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran, IranAbstract Purpose: To report a 12-year-old patient with a rapid growing orbital mass and imaging findings suggestive of rhabdomyosarcoma that was found to be dirofilariasis after mass resection. Case Report: We describe a 12-year-old patient with a rapid growing orbital mass involving medial part of orbit and medial rectus muscle and imaging findings suggestive of rhabdomyosarcoma. Histopathologic examination showed the mass to be composed of granulomatous inflammation and the thread-like object to be Dirofilaria repens. The patient was well post-operation without morbidity. In this paper, we describe distinct clinical features and imaging findings of this interesting case. Conclusion: Deep orbital lesions due to dirofilariasis, as in our case, is extremely rare. It is important to add dirofilariasis to the differential diagnosis of orbital mass lesions. Attention to the imaging clues, as provided in this report, can be helpful.https://doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v17i4.12340dirofilariasisparasitic infectionorbital massorbital tumorzoonotic infection |
| spellingShingle | Farzad Pakdel Hadi Ghadimi Zohreh Nozarian Fahimeh Asadi Amoli Niloofar Pirmarzdashti Morteza Karimi Mohammad Mehrpour Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research dirofilariasis parasitic infection orbital mass orbital tumor zoonotic infection |
| title | Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| title_full | Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| title_fullStr | Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| title_short | Orbital Dirofilariasis Masquerading As Orbital
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| title_sort | orbital dirofilariasis masquerading as orbital rhabdomyosarcoma |
| topic | dirofilariasis parasitic infection orbital mass orbital tumor zoonotic infection |
| url | https://doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v17i4.12340 |
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