Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2013)

Congenital orbital teratoma

  • Shereen Aiyub,
  • WengOnn Chan,
  • John Szetu,
  • Laurence J Sullivan,
  • John Pater,
  • Peter Cooper,
  • Dinesh Selva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.111219
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 61, no. 12
pp. 767 – 769

Abstract

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We present a case of mature congenital orbital teratoma managed with lid-sparing exenteration and dermis fat graft. This is a case report on the management of congenital orbital teratoma. A full-term baby was born in Fiji with prolapsed right globe which was surrounded by a nonpulsatile, cystic mass. Clinical and imaging features were consistent with congenital orbital teratoma. Due to limited surgical expertise, the patient was transferred to Adelaide, Australia for further management. The patient underwent a lid-sparing exenteration with frozen section control of the apical margin. A dermis fat graft from the groin was placed beneath the lid skin to provide volume. Histopathology revealed mature tissues from each of the three germ cell layers which confirmed the diagnosis of mature teratoma. We describe the successful use of demis fat graft in socket reconstruction following lid-sparing exenteration for congenital orbital teratoma.

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