Management of an Intra-Orbital Tumor with Maxillary and Nasal Infection at the Nianankoro Fomba Hospital in Segou: About a Case

Abstract

The tumor of the orbital region is defined as a progressive and abnormal increase in the volume of the orbit, its contents or as a progressive, abnormal and simultaneous increase in the volume of these two structures, due to an excessive multiplication of tumor cells leading to a exophthalmos. The objective of this work is to study the clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic aspect of this lesion, and to identify the histological type of the tumor. It was Mrs. AD mother of a child, aged 19, with no known medical and surgical history; admitted on September 28, 2022 to the stomatology and maxillofacial surgery department of the Nianankoro Fomba hospital in Ségou for right ocular exophthalmos accompanied by pain and visual disturbance. Surgical treatment consisted of orbital exenteration, avoiding recurrences and postoperative superinfections and restoring the aesthetics of the face. The cytology result of the surgical specimen reveals a moderately differentiated sarcoma. Facial region tumors are lesions that aesthetically affect patients. Their prognosis and therapeutic follow-up after surgery depend on the histological type confirmed by cytological examination of the surgical specimen.