Publications by authors named "Lakshmi Mahesh"

Oculoplastic surgeries encompass both emergency surgeries for traumatic conditions and infectious disorders as well as elective aesthetic procedures. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a drastic change in this practice. Given the highly infectious nature of the disease as well as the global scarcity of medical resources; it is only prudent to treat only emergent conditions during the pandemic as we incorporate evidence-based screening and protective measures into our practices.

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We report the case of a 23-day-old boy with unilateral complete cryptophthalmos and congenital cystic eye, who had no associated systemic anomalies. We describe the technique of socket reconstruction with autologous prepucial skin graft used in this patient.

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A schwannoma is an uncommon benign orbital tumor that arises from Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Schwannoma with cystic degeneration is an even more rarely reported entity. Clinical examination alone is inadequate for the diagnosis.

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A thrombosed varix in the orbit is comparatively rare. Clinical examination alone is often inadequate for diagnosis. Radio-logical examination, such as a computed tomography (CT) scan of the orbit, is extremely important.

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A case of recurrent mucinous carcinoma of the lid in a 40-year-old male is reported. Clinical differential diagnosis and histopathologic features are discussed.

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Purpose: To present a case of malignant sarcomatous changes in an orbital teratoma with clinicopathological correlation.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective interventional case report.

Results: A 10-month-old child presented with protrusion of the left eye of 8 months duration.

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Granulocytic sarcoma has been reported as an isolated lesion in non-leukemic patients. However, the majority of these subjects develop acute leukemia within a mean interval of 10.5 months from the time of diagnosis.

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Solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit is a rare spindle cell neoplasm. There are 42 cases of solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit available in the literature. We present six more cases of orbital solitary fibrous tumors, which presented to our institute between 1999 and 2001.

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Primary liposarcoma of the orbit is a rare tumour. There are very few cases of orbital liposarcoma reported in the literature, mostly of the myxoid variety. In this paper, the authors report the clinical presentation, histopathological features, results of diagnostic studies and management of a case of orbital low grade myxoliposarcoma with local recurrence, together with a review of the literature.

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Hydatid cyst of the orbit is a rare cause of proptosis, even in endemic countries like India. We report two histopathologically proven cases with ultrasonographic and computerized tomographic correlations. Both patients had marked dimness of vision and disc edema.

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