Unilateral Proptosis Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

We report a rare case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma presented as an ileocecal mass. The patient was a 77-year-old man with history of symptoms of partial bowel obstruction, intermittent right iliac fossa pain, loss of weight, vomiting and fatigue. Clinical signs included moderate abdominal tenderness with a palpable mass in[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Graves Disease

proptosis, asymmetric ophthalmopathy, or visual loss, orbital imaging is advised (CT scan or MRI).2,5 In patients with tachyarrhythmias, an electrocardiogram should evaluate [the-hospitalist.org]

Orbital manifestations of IgG4-rd may include unilateral or bilateral proptosis, cicatricial extraocular muscle myopathy, orbital inflammation and pain which may mimic ophthalmic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] large goiters, when there are signs or symptoms of upper airway or thoracic outlet obstruction, imaging with a neck and upper-chest CT scan is recommended.2 In patients with unilateral [the-hospitalist.org]

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Ethmoid Sinusitis

This article presents a case of bilateral ethmoid sinusitis with unilateral proptosis as a presenting sign of an unsuspected prostate carcinoma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

proptosis as an initial manifestation of metastatic prostate carcinoma. ( 7861473 ) Fortson J.K....Moseley D.L. 1994 15 Radiological case of the month. [malacards.org]

1998 13 Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis--a case report. ( 8750066 ) Lee T.G....Roh J.K. 1995 14 Bilateral ethmoid sinusitis with unilateral [malacards.org]

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Orbital Mass

We present the case of a 52-year-old male with progressive, marked unilateral proptosis due to a multilobulated orbital mass, secondary to biopsy-proven plexiform neurofibroma [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 48-year-old woman with a history of chronic intranasal cocaine abuse presented with unilateral proptosis associated with severe visual loss from optic neuropathy in the [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

proptosis in adults) References Hasegawa M, Kojima M, Shioya M, Tamaki Y, Saitoh J, Sakurai H, Kitamoto Y, Suzuki Y, Niibe H, Nakano T. [webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu]

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Orbital Metastasis

A 44-year-old man presented with unilateral proptosis and progressively deteriorating vision of his left eye over a 2-week period. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An otherwise asymptomatic 63-year-old woman with a history of a carcinoid tumor of the ileum and a cutaneous melanoma of the shoulder developed unilateral proptosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Four patients presented with recent onset of unilateral proptosis, 1 patient presented with inflammatory manifestations, and 1 patient presented with unilateral ptosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Suprasellar Tumor

Ewing's sarcoma of the orbit with intracranial extension: A rare cause of unilateral proptosis. J Pediatr Neurosci 2011;6:36-9. [Full text] 3. Weins AL, Hattab EM. [ruralneuropractice.com]

Surgical excision can be only achieved in unilateral tumors with no visual acuity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Therefore, contemporary indications for surgery include single nerve involvement causing progressive, disfiguring proptosis, blindness, or both, or exophytic chiasm tumors [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Orbital Neoplasm

Symptoms Orbital tumors typically present with early unilateral proptosis of the globe and may adversely affect visual and extraocular muscle function. [skullbaseinstitute.com]

Orbital metastases may be unilateral/bilateral and usually present with abrupt proptosis associated with a superior orbital mass. Prognosis is very poor. [patient.info]

An aching discomfort, typically associated with unilateral proptosis, is an important part of the clinical presentation. [aao.org]

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Orbital Floor Fracture

Abstract Three patients developed unilateral proptosis 13, 16, and 20 years after repair of blow-out fracture with orbital floor Teflon implants. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Note prominent proptosis. Most orbital pseudotumors are unilateral and either extraconal or transspatial (both extra- and intraconal) in distribution. [doi.org]

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Orbital Disease

Signs and Symptoms Sudden onset of unilateral proptosis. Eyelid swelling, injection, ecchymosis. Pain and decreased vision are uncommon. [entokey.com]

Orbital metastases may be unilateral/bilateral and usually present with abrupt proptosis associated with a superior orbital mass. Prognosis is very poor. [patient.info]

A 40 year-old male presented after one year of unilateral, progressive, steroid-responsive, orbital inflammatory disease causing proptosis, extraocular muscle (EOM) restriction [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Orbital Cellulitis

proptosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinically, all patients presented with unilateral proptosis, periorbital edema and tenderness, and restriction of ocular motility. [joii-journal.springeropen.com]

Pseudotumor/Idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease/ Non-specific orbital inflammatory disease  Presents as proptosis,pain, diplopia, lid swelling and redness  Usually unilateral [slideshare.net]

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Orbital Burkitt's Lymphoma

Symptoms Orbital tumors typically present with early unilateral proptosis of the globe and may adversely affect visual and extraocular muscle function. [skullbaseinstitute.com]

This report describes the case of a 14-year-old boy who presented with rapidly progressive unilateral proptosis which was found to be round cell tumor on histopathology. [ccij-online.org]

However, our case showed the rare unilateral presentation. The clinical presentation (site and age) has some association with the molecular lesion. [ccij-online.org]

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Meningioma

We report a novel case of a World Health Organization grade 3 anaplastic meningioma arising from the olfactory groove in an 83-year-old woman. Molecular and methylation profiling confirm this lesion to be an NF2 subtype, methylation class intermediate type B meningioma. As most meningiomas in this location are[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma

Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common orbital malignancy of childhood with the common presentation of rapidly evolving unilateral proptosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract A 68-year-old female who had undergone treatment several years previously for breast cancer presented with diplopia and unilateral proptosis and exposure keratopathy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Material and methods A total of 148 cases of unilateral proptosis of neoplastic origin were examined. [ijo.in]

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Congenital Exophthalmos

CLASSIFICATION Proptosis can be divided into following clinical groups: Unilateral proptosis Bilateral proptosis Acute proptosis Intermittent proptosis Pulsating proptosis [ikeyes.blogspot.com]

It presents with acute, usually unilateral proptosis with severe pain. [oculoplastic-eyelid-orbit-surgery.com]

Unilateral proptosis in adults is also most frequently caused by TED. [aao.org]

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Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis

Orbital psuedotumor represents the second most common inflammatory disorder of the orbit in childhood and may present with unilateral or bilateral proptosis of explosive onset [eyewiki.aao.org]

[…] antigen presenting function of the dendritic cells would remain unknown for more than a century. [13] Differential diagnosis Orbital cellulitis is the most common cause of proptosis [eyewiki.aao.org]

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Exophthalmos

[…] disease Mucormycosis Orbital pseudotumor – presents with acute, usually unilateral proptosis with severe pain.[2] High-altitude cerebral edema Granulomatosis with polyangiitis [en.wikipedia.org]

In our study, we found 13% of patients presenting unilateral TED with the appearance of unilateral proptosis. [bmcophthalmol.biomedcentral.com]

The operation should be considered in a patient with proptosis greater than 30 mm bilaterally or one with unilateral proptosis of 10 mm or more greater than the opposite eye [thejns.org]

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Orbital Lymphoma

proptosis and diffuse involvement of the cra nial vault and brain parenchyma is extremely rare. [cancerjournal.net]

proptosis in adults) References Hasegawa M, Kojima M, Shioya M, Tamaki Y, Saitoh J, Sakurai H, Kitamoto Y, Suzuki Y, Niibe H, Nakano T. [webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu]

Signs and symptoms of Graves' ophthalmopathy, such as unilateral or bilateral proptosis, double vision, limitation of movement of the extraocular muscles, are not specific [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Sellar Tumor with Suprasellar Extension

Ewing's sarcoma of the orbit with intracranial extension: A rare cause of unilateral proptosis. J Pediatr Neurosci 2011;6:36-9. [Full text] 3. Weins AL, Hattab EM. [ruralneuropractice.com]

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Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

Various combinations of these symptoms may occur, which generally are unilateral but may be bilateral with neoplastic processes. [emedicine.com]

Early signs like unilateral facial edema, orbital chemosis, edema, and proptosis should raise high index suspicion of cavernous 1. Ogundiya DA, Keith DA, Mirowski J. [degruyter.com]

Classic presentations are abrupt onset of unilateral periorbital edema, headache, photophobia, and bulging of the eye (proptosis).Other common signs and symptoms include: [en.wikipedia.org]

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Pulsating Exophthalmos

[…] or bilateral proptosis were the subjects for the study. [ijri.org]

Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). [icd.codes]

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Hodgkin Lymphoma

The endobronchial localization of Hodgkin's disease is a rare entity which is often confused with endobronchial tuberculosis in our setting. We report the case of a 16 years old female who presented with 6 months history of dry cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, dysphagia and dysphonia. The chest radiography showed a[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Endophthalmitis

Endophthalmitis is an infection of the vitreous body and the inner coat of the eye caused by bacteria or fungi. Inoculation of microorganisms from the external environment during surgery, trauma and hematogenous spread from distant sites in the body are the two modes of infection. Without an early diagnosis,[…] [symptoma.com]

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Orbital Infection

Signs include unilateral ptosis, proptosis, visual loss, internal and external ophthalmoplegia (ie, palsy of the pupillary and extraocular muscles), and CN V1 (forehead) anesthesia [emedicine.medscape.com]

(2) upper respiratory tract or middle ear Is Preseptal cellulitis unilateral? is there proptosis or EOM restriction? can the eye always open? are VA's affected? [brainscape.com]

Clinically, all patients presented with unilateral proptosis, periorbital edema and tenderness, and restriction of ocular motility. [joii-journal.springeropen.com]

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Pilocytic Astrocytoma

This patient presented with a rare case of metachronous, multicentric gliomas first manifesting as headache and nausea in 1983 when he was an 8-year-old boy. Computed tomography revealed a cerebellar tumor and the tumor was subtotally resected. The histological diagnosis was pilocytic astrocytoma, and radiation[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Orbital Varix

Orbital varix thrombosis: a rare cause of unilateral proptosis Summary Orbital varices are thin walled, low flow, distensible veins which may rarely present with periorbital [casereports.bmj.com]

A patient presented with unilateral proptosis which was compressible and increases on bending forward. No thrill or bruit was present. [pgblazer.com]

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Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome

The case of a 59-year-old man with granulomatous glossitis is presented. The patient complained of increasing swelling of his tongue for years and a recent onset of perioral edema. Because of sarcoid-like granulomas found in a first lingual biopsy specimen, the disease was initially misdiagnosed as a localized form of[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cervicofacial Actinomycosis

Cervicofacial actinomycosis in children is a rare disorder. This article reports a case in a 7-year-old-girl. The importance of cervicofacial actinomycosis in the differential diagnosis of cervical masses in young patients is emphasized. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

[…] periorbital facial pain, orbital inflammation, eyelid edema, blepharoptosis, proptosis, acute ocular motility changes, internal or external ophthalmoplegia, headache or acute [consultant360.com]

V1 and V2 branches of trigeminal nerve, facial nerve paralysis, proptosis, blindness due to optic nerve involvement, nasal obstruction, nasal discharge and aural fullness [hindawi.com]

As the infection spreads, ptosis, proptosis, loss of extraocular muscle function, and vision disturbance may occur. [cdc.gov]

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Optic Nerve Glioma

A 2 and a half year-old boy with neurofibromatosis developed unilateral proptosis, decreased visual acuity, and optic disk edema. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a 14-y-old girl with colonic polyposis and unilateral proptosis for whom an excisional biopsy of the orbital lesion was performed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gradual, painless, unilateral proptosis associated with loss of vision and an afferent pupillary defect is a common presentation. [eyewiki.aao.org]

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