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Vascular orbital pathology

SUMMARY

The authors reported four cases of cavernous hemangioma and five cases of pathological veins in the orbit, review the literature and have done an analysis of the clinical features. The pre-operative study included plain skull X-Ray, cerebral angiography, orbital venography and, computerized tomography. The treatment of these lesions is surgical and the prognostic is good.

Key Words:
Proptosis; Intermitent exophthalmos; Orbital phebography

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