Journal of Tumour Research & Reports

Orbit and Tumor Department, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Shanxi, China

Biography

Dr. Yan Luo is an Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California Riverside in 2005 and his BE and ME degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1996 and 2000,

Publications

• Case Report   
  Orbital Cholesterol Granuloma: A Case Report
  Author(s): Chantal Ngoune Nanfack*, Yannick Bilong, Yuanyuan Han, Yan Luo and Lucienne Assumpta Bella
  
  Orbital cholesterol granuloma is a rare entity with few cases describe in the literature. We report the case of a 44 years old male presenting with a proptosis; an inferomedial displacement and motion limitation in upgaze of the left eye. The CT scan reveals an extraconal hypodense mass, frontal bone thinning and erosion infiltration of the zygoma. The management consists on the complete resection of the mass with curettage of the underlying bone cavity. The pathology shows cholesterol clefts; calcifications; and blood products degradation in between mononuclear cells and foamy macrophages and the absence of epithelial element thus confirming the diagnosis of cholesterol granuloma and ruling out dermoid cysts which is an important differential diagnosis. .. View more»
  

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