Transactions . Fig. 2.—-Photograph of section showing angioma extending from chorioidinto optic disk. Mag. x-i6. QuACKENBOSS : Angioma of the Orbit. 5 11 form, cavernous, usually develops within the orbit itself, itsfavorite location being within the muscle cone. It has a firmwhite fibrous capsule, grows slowly, pushing the eye of the orbit seldom if ever pulsate and there is nobruit. Forced muscular exertion, coughing or sneezing oftencauses an increase in size of the tumor, while pressure oftendiminishes it. For the cure of angiomata various lines of treatment havebeen empl
Transactions . Fig. 2.—-Photograph of section showing angioma extending from chorioidinto optic disk. Mag. x-i6. QuACKENBOSS : Angioma of the Orbit. 5 11 form, cavernous, usually develops within the orbit itself, itsfavorite location being within the muscle cone. It has a firmwhite fibrous capsule, grows slowly, pushing the eye of the orbit seldom if ever pulsate and there is nobruit. Forced muscular exertion, coughing or sneezing oftencauses an increase in size of the tumor, while pressure oftendiminishes it. For the cure of angiomata various lines of treatment havebeen employed, electrolysis, cautery, nitric acid, injection, liga-tion and extirpation. Removal is the best line to followwherever possible, and it should be done early, on account ofthe tendency to increase in size. The following case illustrates this tendency of a vasculartumor to increase; it started in the lid. invaded the orbit andthen the globe. Thomas M., age 32, was seen at the Infirmary in the Fallof 1907. I
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