Table 1
Characteristics of nine patients with orbital wall defects in association with orbital varices
| No | Side | Age (years) at referral | Sex | Main location of orbital varix | Expansion of orbit | Absent walls | Ethmoid | Cribriform | Frontal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNQ = superonasal quadrant; SOF = superior orbital fissure. | |||||||||
| 1 | Left | 6 | M | Medial and extensive superomedial | Present | Small roof defect | Pitted bone and smaller ethmoid | L-low R- normal | Dips low at cribriform |
| 2 | Right | 21 | F | Extraconal–medial | Present | Tiny thin area SNQ | Pitted bone and smaller ethmoid | R-low L-mild | Low frontal lobe over cribriform |
| 3 | Left | 62 | M | Superomedial | Present | Pitted roof and small defects of veins | Compressed | Normal | Hint of varix but otherwise normal |
| 4 | Right | 58 | F | Panorbit intraconal and extraconal | Present | Post superior wall and pitted bone | Normal | Normal | Varices up to frontal lobe and intraconal |
| 5 | Right | 47 | M | Panorbit intraconal and extraconal | Absent | Posterior orbital roof | Normal | Normal | Varices up to dural space |
| 6 | Right | 14 | F | Posterior intraconal, superior extraconal | Present | Enlarged SOF | Normal | Normal | Varices into frontal lobe |
| 7 | Left | 40 | F | Posterior intraconal | Present | Enlarged SOF and small lateral wall | Slightly smaller | Unknown | Normal |
| 8 | Left | 37 | F | Posterior intraconal and extraconal | Present | Very enlarged SOF, patchy SNQ defects posteriorly | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| 9 | Left | 66 | M | Extraconal–superior (large) | Present | Posterior orbital roof | Slightly smaller | Normal | Normal |
