ABSTRACT
A previously healthy adult male presented with a slowly enlarging orbital mass associated with 5 mm of non-pulsatile proptosis. On imaging, a soft tissue lesion with avid contrast enhancement and associated bony hyperostosis was noted. The lesion and hyperostotic bone were surgically debulked, and significant arterial bleeding was noted intraoperatively consistent with an arteriovenous malformation. Histopathologic analysis revealed a vascular malformation with enhanced microvasculature infiltrating the periosteum. While vascular lesions elsewhere in the body can be associated with skeletal changes, bony hyperostosis is a rare feature of orbital vascular malformations.
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