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01-12-2017 | Case Report

A case of traumatic infraorbital neuroma

Authors: Shahriar Amjadi, Weng Onn Chan, Saul Rajak, David K. Morrissey, Sumu Simon, Gary Davis, Dinesh Selva, Alkis J. Psaltis

Published in: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Issue 4/2017

Abstract

A 53-year-old Afghan man presented with a 12-month history of left proptosis, diplopia and facial swelling 20 years after a bomb blast injury. Magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging revealed a well-circumscribed lesion centred within the left inferior orbit/superior maxillary sinus along with left orbital fracture. Histopathology and immunostaining of the debulked lesion were consistent with traumatic neuroma of the infraorbital nerve. Infraorbital neuromas have developed following orbital decompression surgeries but have not been reported previously following non-surgical trauma.

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Title: A case of traumatic infraorbital neuroma
Authors: Shahriar Amjadi
Weng Onn Chan
Saul Rajak
David K. Morrissey
Sumu Simon
Gary Davis
Dinesh Selva
Alkis J. Psaltis
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1865-1550
Electronic ISSN: 1865-1569
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-017-0658-6

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