Dr. (Mrs) Shashi Ahuja, A07726, Praveenkumarseth@Gmail Com
Introduction:
Orbital mass lesions presenting as proptosis can be of neoplastic, cystic, inflammatory, vascular or of endocrinal (Grave’s Ophthalmopathy) etiology. The management of proptosis depends on its etiology and therefore, an accurate pretherapeutic/ preoperative diagnosis is of paramount importance. While thyroid related orbitopathy is common as a cause of proptosis, other causes remain a challenge for the treating physician.The present study was undertaken to diagnose these set of patients using image-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and the various etiologies are described.
Material and methods:
All adult patients of proptosis presenting to the department of Ophthalmology, in a tertiary care center of South India were included in the study. Complete ophthalmic examination included assessing the visual acuity, slit lamp examination, dilated fundus examination and measuring the amount of proptosis using Hertel’s exophthalmometer. If the patient complained of diplopia, a diplopia charting was done.
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