A Case of Eyeball Movement Disorder due to a Chondrosarcoma in the Cavernous Sinus.

Park, Ji Hyun; Kim, Jin Hee; Lee, Se Youp

doi:2010.51.3.469

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 51(3); 2010 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2010;51(3):469-472.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2010.51.3.469 Published online March 15, 2010.

A Case of Eyeball Movement Disorder due to a Chondrosarcoma in the Cavernous Sinus.

Ji Hyun Park, Jin Hee Kim, Se Youp Lee

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. lsy3379@dsmc.or.kr
²Department of Radiation Oncology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

해면정맥동에서 발생한 연골육종에 의한 눈운동장애 1예

박지현¹ㆍ김진희²ㆍ이세엽¹

Department of Ophthalmology, Keimyung University School of Medicine¹, Daegu, Korea Department of Radiation Oncology, Keimyung University School of Medicine², Daegu, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report a patient with an eyeball movement disorder due to a chondrosarcoma in the left cavernous sinus. CASE SUMMARY: A 33-year-old woman visited our clinic complaining of diplopia she hand for one month. She had been undergone two operation for the removal of chondrosarcoma in the left cavernous sinus, and she had left esotropia of 25 prism diopters in the primary position and limited abduction of approximately -1.5 in the left eye. Therefore she was treated with radiotherapy for six weeks. Three weeks after radiotherapy she had esotropia of 2 prism diopters in the primary position and limited abduction of approximately -1 in the left eye. Six weeks later, only limited abduction of approximately -0.5 in the left eye was present. CONCLUSIONS: Eyeball movement disorders, like abducent nerve palsy, may develop as a result of tumors of the cavernous sinus and may be improved by the appropriate treatment of such tumors.

Key Words: Cavernous sinus;Chondrosarcoma;Diplopia;Eyeball movement disorder;Limitation of abduction