Spindle Cell Lipoma of the Orbit

Abstract

A 30-year-old otherwise healthy female patient presented to the oculoplastic service with complaints of gradually increasing proptosis and discomfort of the OD of about 4 months' duration. On imaging, an ill-defined mass was seen in the right orbit which, on biopsy, turned out to be a spindle cell lipoma. Lipomas, the commonest among the mesenchymal soft tissue tumors, are surprisingly of rare occurrence in the orbit, despite the presence of abundant fat in the intraorbital space. The authors describe the presentation, management, and outcome of a rare orbital pathology--an orbital spindle cell lipoma.