Perineurioma -a rare cause of proptosis

ABSTRACT

Perineurioma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor arising from the peripheral nerve sheath. To date only two cases of orbital perineurioma have been reported in literature.

A 45-year-old, with no comorbidities, presented with protrusion of the right eye since one-year. Examination revealed 8mm proptosis of the right eye. Dilated fundoscopy of the right eye showed a pale optic disc with choroidal folds temporal to it.

Computerised Tomogram (CT) of the orbit showed a well-defined intraconal mass in the inferotemporal part of the orbit. A trans conjunctival orbitotomy with lateral canthotomy was performed and the tumor was removed en bloc.

On immunohistochemistry, the tumour was negative for S-100 and showed patchy weak Epithelial Membrane Antigen positivity which was suggestive of a soft tissue perineurioma.

KEYWORDS:

• Perineurioma
• proptosis

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