Abstract
Purpose
To present a case of intraocular invasion by an orbital malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
Methods
Case report.
Case Report
An 84-year-old man was exenterated due to a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the right orbit. On image investigation and histologic sections, the tumor entirely filled the right eye and orbit. The patient died of intracranial spread of the lesion.
Conclusions
Fibrous histiocytoma of the orbit can invade the eye.
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