Carcinoid tumormetastatic to the orbit is a rare occurren ce. Wereport such a case in a patient with a carcinoidmetastasis that was found in the medial rectus mu scle. The dia gnosis was established via a transnasal endoscopic approach. We also discuss the treatment of meta static orbital carcinoid in the hop e that we will increase awareness of the utility oftransnasal endoscopy in fa cilitating both the dia gnosis and treatment ofposteromedial orbital pathology.
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