Table 1 Characteristics of previously reported orbital glomus tumors
Report (year) | Patient | Onset | Proptosis | Pain | Other signs | Radiologic findings | Management | Gross findings | Pathology (type) | Re-growth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sex | age | ||||||||||
Neufeld et al. (1994) | F | 35 | 1yr | 4mm | none | none | 2.4x1.4x1.6 cm Solid homogenous (CT) | cryoextraction | Fully encapsulates with a purple-blue color | Glomus cell tumor proper | None |
Shields et al. (2006) | M | 17 | 5yrs | none | none | none | - | debulking | Blue-gray subconjunctival lesion involving medial and superior rectus muscles | glomangioma | None |
Pribila et al. (2010) | F | 19 | - | 3.5mm | Painful burning sensation | Limited abductionand supraduction | irregular, lobulated, 2.6x3.5x3.3 cm isointense to muscle on T1 weighting imaging, which was diffusely enhanced with gadolinium (MRI) | exenteration | Extensive bleeding and friable | Both glomus cell tumor proper and glomangioma | None |
Ulivieri et al. (2012) | F | 29 | - | - | Painful | none | A well-defined circumscribed mass,displacing the globe and lateral rectus muscle inferotemporally | Excision (Kronlein approach) | - | glomangioma | none |
Our report | M | 50 | 6mon | 6mm | none | none | smooth marginated, lobulated 2.8x3.3x3.2 cm, located intraconally and extraconally, low signals on T1 weighting imaging, which were moderately enhanced with gadolinium (MRI) | Partial excision | Reddish and pinkish colored multilobulated mass | Glomus cell tumor proper | Complete |