Ferreira–Salazar MC, Rodríguez-Vargas M, Velasco-Barona CF, Rodríguez-Reyes AA

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 149-152
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ABSTRACT

Our purpose with this article is to describe the principal echographic findings of a ruptured orbital dermoid cyst.
This is an adult patient with an anterior orbital tumour which diagnosis was a ruptured dermoid cyst. We discuss the ultrasonographic and histopathologic findings and review the literature of this pathology.

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