Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literature
Orbital schwannomas are benign tumors that arise from Schwann cells in the peripheral nerves in the orbit. They typically present after the second decade of life given their slow growth and rarely before then. Diagnosis is based on clinical course and specific imaging modalities; however, the defini...
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| author | Hammam A. Alotaibi Hammam A. Alotaibi Firas Madani Firas Madani Rawan N. Althaqib Hamad M. AlSulaiman |
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| description | Orbital schwannomas are benign tumors that arise from Schwann cells in the peripheral nerves in the orbit. They typically present after the second decade of life given their slow growth and rarely before then. Diagnosis is based on clinical course and specific imaging modalities; however, the definitive diagnosis is by lesion biopsy. Surgical removal is typically curative. Herein we present the case of an 8-year-old boy with proptosis and diplopia where he exhibited the clinical findings of an orbital mass, however, the characteristic picture of orbital schwannoma was observed on imaging yet found within the inferior rectus muscle, a rare finding indeed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a134f2dba0fd4de4b09091e62df1e7f02025-07-17T18:31:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ophthalmology2674-08262025-05-01510.3389/fopht.2025.15864651586465Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literatureHammam A. Alotaibi0Hammam A. Alotaibi1Firas Madani2Firas Madani3Rawan N. Althaqib4Hamad M. AlSulaiman5Oculoplastics & Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOculoplastics & Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaOculoplastics & Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOculoplastics & Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOrbital schwannomas are benign tumors that arise from Schwann cells in the peripheral nerves in the orbit. They typically present after the second decade of life given their slow growth and rarely before then. Diagnosis is based on clinical course and specific imaging modalities; however, the definitive diagnosis is by lesion biopsy. Surgical removal is typically curative. Herein we present the case of an 8-year-old boy with proptosis and diplopia where he exhibited the clinical findings of an orbital mass, however, the characteristic picture of orbital schwannoma was observed on imaging yet found within the inferior rectus muscle, a rare finding indeed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fopht.2025.1586465/fullorbital schwannomadiplopiamagnetic resonanceinferior rectus muscleproptosiscase report |
| spellingShingle | Hammam A. Alotaibi Hammam A. Alotaibi Firas Madani Firas Madani Rawan N. Althaqib Hamad M. AlSulaiman Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literature Frontiers in Ophthalmology orbital schwannoma diplopia magnetic resonance inferior rectus muscle proptosis case report |
| title | Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literature |
| title_full | Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literature |
| title_short | Intramuscular orbital schwannoma: case report and review of the literature |
| title_sort | intramuscular orbital schwannoma case report and review of the literature |
| topic | orbital schwannoma diplopia magnetic resonance inferior rectus muscle proptosis case report |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fopht.2025.1586465/full |
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