Large meningoencephalocele after orbital decompression

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 May-Jun;28(3):e64-5. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318224b004.

Abstract

A 71-year-old woman with a history of thyroid eye disease was seen for evaluation of a skull-base mass noted on neuroimaging. She had previously under-gone bilateral orbital decompressions and strabismus surgery and had no neurologic symptoms. Bony defects along the skull base and cerebrospinal fluid leaks are known risks of orbital surgery. This is the first report of a large, asymptomatic meningoencephalocele after orbital decompression surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Decompression, Surgical / adverse effects*
  • Encephalocele / diagnostic imaging
  • Encephalocele / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningocele / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningocele / etiology*
  • Orbit / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbit / surgery*
  • Strabismus / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Acuity / physiology