A clinicopathologic study of hematic cysts of the orbit.

Abstract

Hematic cyst of the orbit has been described in association with various diseases, but its pathogenetic mechanism remains unclear. We treated two patients (two men, 38 and 35 years old) who had growing cysts suspected of being malignant tumors. Surgical exploration of the orbits disclosed birefringent crystals (hematodin) either in the cyst wall or in the cyst's contents. The crystals imitated foreign bodies in their appearance and in the reactions they induced.

• Authors: A Shapiro, M O Tso, A M Putterman, M F Goldberg
• Journal: American journal of ophthalmology (Am J Ophthalmol) Vol. 102 Issue 2 Pg. 237-41 (Aug 15 1986) ISSN: 0002-9394 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3740185 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Bile Pigments
• Pigments, Biological
• hematodin

Topics

• Adult
• Bile Pigments
• Birefringence
• Crystallization
• Cysts (diagnostic imaging, etiology, metabolism, pathology)
• Eye Foreign Bodies (complications, pathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Orbital Diseases (diagnostic imaging, etiology, metabolism, pathology)
• Pigments, Biological (metabolism)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed