Unusual case of traumatic neuroma of the orbit.

Traumatic or amputation neuromas are neoformations developing after damage to a peripheral nerve. They are not proper tumors but rather a reactive process or a frustrated attempt of nerve regeneration. Traumatic neuromas are potentially found in every sensory peripheral nerve and often at the site of past surgical intervention, including orbital surgery.

From surgery to neurosurgery: our experience on the efficacy of fleece-bound sealing (TachoSil®) for dural repair.

Aim: To report on our routine use of TachoSil® for dural repair in neurosurgical practice.

Method: TachoSil® has been applied in different fields of surgery thus far. When using TachoSil®, fibrinogen and thrombin is provided locally at the site of the dural defects.

Epithelial cyst of the superior oblique muscle trochlea.

Most of the congenital orbital cysts are choristomas such as dermoid or epidermoid and only in a few cases they are epithelial. Clinically, they manifest as cystic movable formations mostly localized in the upper temporal quadrant of the orbit. We describe here the case of a 49-year-old man with an orbital cyst localized in the upper-nasal quadrant of the orbit and which was showing signs of a gradual enlargement and progression over the past weeks.

Benefit of surgery in presence of orbital metastasis.

Purpose: Malignant tumors metastatic to the orbit are rare and only about 5% of orbital tumors are metastasis. We report on orbital surgery in a patient with orbital metastasis from small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC).

Methods: A 75-year-old man complained of pain in the left orbital region and proptosis.