TITLE:
Intraorbital Mature Teratoma in Infant
AUTHORS:
Oumar Diallo, Abdoulaye Hima Maiga, Bekety Katanga Anthony, Mahamadou Dama, Oumar Coulibaly, Daouda Sissoko, Alpha Singuepiré
KEYWORDS:
Teratoma, Mature, Micro Surgery
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery,
Vol.12 No.3,
June
16,
2022
ABSTRACT: Intraorbital mature teratoma is a rare congenital tumor of slow evolution
that can compromise vision. Objectives: We describe the clinical and
therapeutic aspects of a mature teratoma in childhood with a literature review. Clinical Case: It was a 12-year-old who had a progressive
straight monocular exophthalmia with blindness. CT without and with
contrast injection showed a double component intracolonic invasive tumor with
partial contrast acquisition after
injection. This tumor respected the bone walls of the orbit. The
treatment was surgical by conjunctival dissection of the tumor and enucleation.
This allowed the tumor to be fully excised under an operating microscope. The
operating procedures were simple. Anatomopathology confirmed the nature of the
tumor by visualizing the presence of a squamous epithelium by the
high-magnification (X20) method of hematoxylin and eosin. Conclusion: Mature
intraorbital teratoma is an embryonic tumor with early diagnosis the finding in
an older child remains rare. Complete surgical excision allows healing.