Tumors of the orbit and neighboring cavities / by Charles Stedman Bull.

  • Bull, Charles Stedman, 1844-1912.
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[1893]
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    Heprinted from Lite Eew York MedicalJournul for January I4 and SI, 1893. Q TUMORS OF THE ORBIT AND NEI.GHBORmG CAVITIES* By CHARLES STEDMAN BULL, A. M., M. D., PROFBSSOR OF OPHTnAlLMOLOGT IN THE TTNIVERSITT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ; SURGEOK TO THE NEW YORK EYE AND BAB INFIRMARY. Case L Spindle-cell Sarcoma of Periosteum of OrMt.—T. D. S., a boy, aged four years and a half, was brought to rae by his parents in the latter part of January, 1876, with tlie following history: He was a large child for his age, of the average men- tal development, and had always been robust in health. There was no unfavorable family history to be elicited after careful questioning, and no evidence of inherited syphilis in the child. For several months the parents had noticed a slight swelling at the outer angle of the left orbit, accompanied by slight redness of the eyeball and some sweUing at the outer angle of the upper lid. These symptoms gradually increased, but there was no complaint of pain and no evidence of any disturbance of vision. When I saw the child there was a very perceptible orbital growth at the outer angle, which seemed to involve the upper and outer parts of the orbit. The left eye was pushed down- ward and inward, but not forward, and its motility was decid- edly limited upward and outward. The upper lid was slightly swollen and drooped a little, but could be freely opened and * Read before the New York State Medical Association, November 16, 1892. COPTRIOHT, 1893, BY D. APPLBTON AND Ck)MPANY.