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A 53-year-old Afghan man presented with a 12-month history of left proptosis, diplopia and facial swelling 20 years after a bomb blast injury. Magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging revealed a well-circumscribed lesion centred within the left inferior orbit/superior maxillary sinus along with left orbital fracture. Histopathology and immunostaining of the debulked lesion were consistent with traumatic neuroma of the infraorbital nerve. Infraorbital neuromas have developed following orbital decompression surgeries but have not been reported previously following non-surgical trauma.
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The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. WanYin Lim, Department of Radiology, and Dr. Yung Tran, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, for providing the radiological images and histopathological images, respectively.
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Amjadi, S., Chan, W.O., Rajak, S. et al. A case of traumatic infraorbital neuroma. Oral Maxillofac Surg 21, 471–473 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-017-0658-6
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