Colobomatous microphthalmia and orbital neuroglial cyst: Case report

M. Lourdes Garcia Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, The Center for Genetic Eye Disease and

Everardo Castro Department of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cole Eye Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, and

Jill A. Foster Department of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cole Eye Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, and

W. Richard Green Eye Pathology Laboratory, Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

Elias I. Traboulsi Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, The Center for Genetic Eye Disease and

Abstract

We present the case of a boy with a congenital right orbital cyst with bilateral colobomatous microphthalmia. Neuroimaging studies excluded communication between the cyst and the eye and between the cyst and the central nervous system. Analysis of cyst fluid obtained by aspiration detected beta 2-transferrin by high resolution immunofixation (IFE). The cyst recurred two months following aspiration. It was then completely excised and histopathologic studies demonstrated a cyst containing neuroglial tissue. No recurrence was observed for 12 months following excision.

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