BACKGROUND Proptosis is characterized by a protrusion of the eyeball due to an increase of the orbital tissue volume. To recover a normal eyeball positioning, the most frequent surgical technique consists in the osteotomy of orbital walls combined with the manual loading on the eyeball. Only a rough clinical rule is currently available for the surgeons but it is useless for this technique. The ...

To report a case of a 4 months old girl presenting with massive spontaneous proptosis, due to a large hematoma resulting from systemic vitamin K deficiency. Systemic features resolved with appropriate medical management, but proptosis was persistent and needed surgical intervention to prevent visual loss. Such a presentation of vitamin K deficiency has not been previously reported in the litera...

A case report of an unusual case of nodular fasciitis in the orbit presenting with unilateral proptosis is described, and the radiological features are outlined. The histological features are discussed and the benign nature of the lesion stressed. Nodular fasciitis arising in the orbit and presenting as unilateral proptosis has not previously been reported in the literature.

MULTIPLE myelomata are uncommon endosteal tumours developing from the myeloblastic elements of the bone marrow. The ribs, sternum, clavicle, vertebral bodies, and pelvis are favourite sites; the skull is also frequently involved and the long bones may be affected, but never alone (Perkins, 1936). The disease has an insidious onset and is often only recognized late when multiple nodules appear o...

PURPOSE To investigate the results of graded decompression of orbital fat and walls in Graves' orbitopathy (GO) considering the degree of proptosis reduction at surgery and preoperative computed tomography (CT) findings. METHODS This is a retrospective interventional case series. Graded orbital fat and wall decompression was performed in 90 orbits of 55 patients. In patients with enlarged ext...

We describe a sixteen years old male patient that suffered a craniocerebral trauma and presented at the emergency room, with ocular pain, palpebral hematoma and left eye proptosis. Orbital computed tomography showed left subperiosteal orbital hematoma. A surgical drainage was performed. Subperiosteal hematoma of the orbit is a rare cause of proptosis; its early diagnosis must be made in order t...

We present a case of traumatic proptosis in a competitive football player. This entity can occur with a significant decrease in vision, but in this case it did not. Some other causes of this condition are also discussed. A review of some traumatic conditions that may cause proptosis is provided as well.