Orbital and intracranial spread from an infraorbital nerve neurilemmoma

M. R. Wright Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

H. Maclean Department of Ophthalmology, Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK

J. F. Cullen Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

G. Lello Department of Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, City Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

P.F.X. Statham Department of Neurosurgery, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

D. Collie Department of Radiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

Abstract

The authors report an 11 -year-old boy who presented with intermittent diplopia which was secondary to the mechanical effects of a slowly growing neurilemmoma arising from the infraorbital nerve. The patient developed an intracranial recurrence of the tumour which was subsequently completely excised.

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