DR. AAKASH CHOWDHARY

DR. ANSHU SHARMA, DR. MARISHA BISHNOI, DR. PRIYANKA MOHANBABU CHATURVEDI

Abstract

Proptosis is characterised by the anterior displacement and protrusion of one or both orbital globes. It is a typical symptom with a wide range of potential diagnoses. Patients may exhibit various levels of chronicity, visual impairment, and related symptoms. The causes of acquired unilateral proptosis are numerous and can be anything from benign to fatal. Unilateral proptosis can be brought on by trauma, vascular, endocrine, inflammatory, infectious, and malignant conditions. Our patient, a 32-year-old man, presented with unilateral abaxial proptosis, without any obvious visual deficit. Imaging was suggestive of ?fungal sinusitis, showing left eye globe pushed anterolaterally as a result of soft tissue extension into left intraorbital space, the mass lesion being in close proximity to the left medial rectus, without signs of invasion or of optic nerve involvement. Hemogram and peripheral smear study were suggestive of acute myeloid leukemia.