A Case of Orbital Atypical Lipoma.

Jeong, Geun; Cho, Kyu Ryong; Oum, Boo Sup

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(3):465-469.
Published online March 1, 1988.

A Case of Orbital Atypical Lipoma.

Geun Jeong, Kyu Ryong Cho, Boo Sup Oum

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.

안와내에 발생한 비정형성 지방종 1 예

정근(Geun Jeong),조규룡(Kyu Ryong Cho),엄부섭(Boo Sup Oum)

Abstract

Atypical lipoma is benign tumor which is common in neck and thigh, but extremely rare in orbit. Fatty tumors histologically containing atypical multivacuolated lipoblasts have, in the past, all too often received the automatic diagnosis of liposarcoma. With the recent recognition of tumors having such cellular atypia, but benign course, and for which the terms atypical lipoma have been used, it is hoped that needless radical surgical procedure will not be performed. We experienced a case of orbital atypical lipoma of 14-year-old girl. Computed tomography showed a large, homogenous low density, primarilyextraconal mass. The tumor was excised nearly totally from orbit through transcranial approach.