Which type of benign tumor appears in the back of the eye?
A cavernous hemangioma is a non-cancerous tumour that develops in blood vessels of the eye socket (orbit) behind the eye. It may cause a painless bulging of the eye (called proptosis). Surgery is sometimes used to treat a cavernous hemangioma, but some smaller tumours don’t need to be removed.
What could a mass behind the eye mean?
The eye orbit contains eye socket bones, eyeball, eye socket muscles, optic nerve, and fatty tissue. Inflammation, tumors or lesions may occur in any of these structures. This could result in a bulging eye, double vision, or vision loss.
How do you get rid of a tumor behind your eye?
Treatment
- Surgery. Surgery is common in the treatment of eye cancer.
- Eye removal. In some cases, the only choice for treatment is to remove the eye.
- Radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is used by radiation oncologists to destroy cancer cells.
- Laser therapy. Laser therapy uses lasers to shrink tumors.
How do they biopsy a mass behind the eye?
In some cases, your doctor may recommend a procedure to remove a sample of tissue (biopsy) from your eye. To remove the sample, a thin needle is inserted into your eye and used to extract suspicious tissue. The tissue is tested in a laboratory to determine whether it contains eye melanoma cells.
What would a growth behind the eye be?
Cystic orbital lesions may lead to the formation of a mass behind the eye. Dermoid cysts are slow-growing cysts which usually occur on the bony rim of the orbit. A firm nodule formation may develop because of the cyst. The cause could be rupturing of the surrounding skin, which causes inflammation.
Can an MRI tell if a tumor is benign?
MRI is a well-established tool for the detection and local staging of soft-tissue tumours. However, its ability to differentiate between benign and malignant soft-tissue lesions has been found to vary widely [6-8,10-12].