Pulsatile Proptosis due to Intraorbital Meningocele

Anouke van Rumund; Aad Verrips; Wim I. M. Verhagen

doi:10.3389/fneur.2017.00290

Frontiers in Neurology (Jun 2017)

Pulsatile Proptosis due to Intraorbital Meningocele

Anouke van Rumund,
Aad Verrips,
Wim I. M. Verhagen

Affiliations

Anouke van Rumund: Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Aad Verrips: Department of Neurology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Wim I. M. Verhagen: Department of Neurology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00290
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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We present a case of a 79-year-old man with a non-symptomatic pulsatile proptosis of the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a meningocele into the left orbit due to an osseous defect in the orbital roof.

Published in Frontiers in Neurology

ISSN: 1664-2295 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/

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