RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Histiocitoma Fibroso Benigno/patologia , Neoplasias Orbitárias/patologia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Evolução Fatal , Humanos , Masculino , Invasividade Neoplásica