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. 1988 Nov;72(11):871–873. doi: 10.1136/bjo.72.11.871

Bilateral orbital cavernous haemangiomas.

P D Fries 1, D H Char 1
PMCID: PMC1041609  PMID: 3207665

Abstract

Simultaneous bilateral orbital lesions are rare. The differential diagnosis includes orbital pseudotumour, metastasis, leukaemia, lymphoma, Wegener's granulomatosis, and neurofibromatosis. We report what we believe to be the first case of bilateral orbital cavernous haemangiomas.

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