Osteoma of the Orbit

Treatment of osteomas located between the anterior cranial base and the face

“…The dura mater has been attached to the bone flap with Dandy's sutures. visual symptoms; displacement of the eyeball, dysfunction of its mobility and diplopia, and danger of blindness, radiologically-confirmed progression of the tumour damaging the bony walls, infiltrating the sinuses, orbits or anterior cranial base, disfiguring facial asymmetry with disturbing aesthetics (Katlan and Griffin, 1961;Karmody, 1969;Hardy and Montgomery, 1976;Natvig and Larsen, 1978;Taptas et al, 1979;Savic and Djevic, 1990;van Manen et al, 1995;Summers et al, 2001). …”