The main goal of our dynamic 3D computer-assisted reconstruction of a metallic retrobulbar foreign body following orbital injury with ethmoid bone involvement was to use 3D-information obtained from standard computed tomography (CT) data to explore and evaluate the nasal cavity, ethmoidal sinuses, retrobulbar region, and the foreign body itself by simulated dynamic computed visualization of the human head. A foreign body, 10 x 30 mm in size, partially protruded into the posterior ethmoidal cells and partially into the orbit, causing dislocation and compression of the medial rectus muscle and inferior rectus muscle. The other muscles and the optic nerve were intact. Various steps were taken to further the ultimate diagnosis and surgery. Thin CT sections of the nasal cavity, orbit and paranasal sinuses were made on a conventional CT device at a regional medical center, CT scans were transmitted via a computer network to different locations, and special views very similar to those seen on standard endoscopy were created. Special software for 3D modeling, specially designed and modified for 3D C-FESS purposes, was used, as well as a 3D-digitizer connected to the computer and multimedia navigation through the computer during 3D C-FESS. Our approach achieves the visualization of very delicate anatomical structures within the orbit in unconventional (non-standard) sections and angles of viewing, which cannot be obtained by standard endoscopy or 2D CT scanning. Finally, virtual endoscopy (VE) or a 'computed journey' through the anatomical spaces of the paranasal sinuses and orbit substantially improves the 3D C-FESS procedure by simulating the surgical procedure prior to real surgery.
Primary orbital liposarcoma is a very rare orbital tumor and dedifferentiation in the liposarcomas occurs rarely. Dedifferentiation is defined by development, in a well-differentiated tumor, of poorly differentiated, high-grade areas. The dedifferentiated liposarcomas (DDLS) have a better prognosis than pleomorphic sarcomas as a whole. The treatment of DDLS patients proves to be complicated due to the fact that the histopathological diagnosis usually becomes evident only after the surgery. In the present paper, the clinical presentation, histopathological features, radiological characteristics and clinical treatment of one case of well-differentiated liposarcoma with dedifferentiated areas, abruptly delimited from the well-differentiated adipocytic component, are reported.
A patient with a diagnosis of chronic and idiopathic unilateral dacryoadenitis was submitted to our clinic for diagnostic reasons from a regional hospital. Within a period of 1 year, this was the second onset of a swelling in the region of the lacrimal gland which – unlike the first time – showed resistance to antibiotic treatment. The patient’s general and ophthalmic condition was good, and his only complaint was of cosmetic nature because of the disfiguring swelling in the lateral part of the left upper eyelid. Basic laboratory findings showed no abnormalities and radiographic imaging showed enlargement of the left lacrimal gland without bony destruction. Guided by epidemiological data for noninfectious dacryoadenitis we decided to perform excisional biopsy of the left lacrimal gland. To our surprise, the pathologist verified the presence of a worm of the genus Dirofilaria, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the second reported case of lacrimal gland dirofilariasis in the literature and the second reported case of such a disease in Croatia.
The authors present a case of endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy in a 4-month-old girl suffering from remarkable epiphora, persistent bulging and recurrent abscesses in the medial canthal region of the left eye. All conservative therapeutic attempts failed. Several external incisions were performed in order to solve the acute phases of the inflamed lacrimal sac. The procedure was performed by means of otologic microsurgical instruments under endoscopic control. No silicone stent was used. Ten months after surgery, the girl is doing very well.
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