Proptosis with Increased Orbital Fat in an Obese Patient

Azhar Seedat; Shaheen Seedat; Sulaiman E I Moosa

doi:10.1155/2020/8832704

Proptosis with Increased Orbital Fat in an Obese Patient

Case Rep Radiol. 2020 Dec 8:2020:8832704. doi: 10.1155/2020/8832704. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Azhar Seedat¹, Shaheen Seedat^{2

3}, Sulaiman E I Moosa¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Radiology, Department of Radiation Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Department of Health Care Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York City, New York, USA.
³ Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

Computational tomography (CT) is a well-documented modality in the workup of proptosis. We present a case of proptosis due to increased orbital fat in an obese patient. We review the literature to discuss the most likely causes of increased orbital fat, and we discuss the utility of CT imaging in assessing this pathology.

Publication types

Case Reports