Bilateral orbital varices: an approach to management

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Nov-Dec;24(6):486-8. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31818d1f4f.

Abstract

The authors report a case of bilateral orbital varices in a 19-year-old man with a 7-year history of intermittent left proptosis and dystopia. CT demonstrated enhancing lesions with phleboliths and gadolinium-enhanced MRI showed characteristic hyperintense lesions. The asymptomatic right lesion was treated conservatively; the left lesion was excised following intralesional injection of cyanoacrylate. Bilaterality in orbital varices may not be obvious clinically and only diagnosed radiologically. A multidisciplinary approach involving the ophthalmologist and interventional radiologist using intraoperative fluoroscopy enabled accurate characterization, delineation, embolizationm, and excision of the lesion with good hemostatic control.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Orbit / blood supply*
  • Phlebography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Varicose Veins / diagnosis
  • Varicose Veins / therapy*
  • Young Adult