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Table 1 Previously reported cases of orbital pseudotumor with intracranial extension

From: Intracranial extension of orbital inflammatory pseudotumor: a case report and literature review

Year

Author

Patient age (years)

Gender

Intracranial location/features

1984

Kaye et al.

71

M

ACF (planum sphenoidale), dural-based

1986

Frohman et al.

48

M

SOF, optic canal, bone erosion

  

48

F

MCF/CS, bone erosion

  

72

M

SOF, bone erosion

1986

Noble et al.

46

F

ACF, dural thickening

1992

Clifton et al.

49

M

MCF/CS, pattern II

  

69

M

SOF, pattern I

  

54

F

MCF/CS, pattern II

  

36

M

MCF, pattern I

  

86

M

MCF/CS, dural thickening, bilateral involvement, pattern III

  

71

F

MCF/CS, pattern II

  

30

M

MCF/CS, dural thickening, pattern III

  

61

M

MCF/CS, pattern II

1993

Bencherif et al.

23

M

CS, SOF, left fronto-temporal dural thickening, sphenoid bone sclerosis

1993

Olmos et al.

64

F

CS/Meckel cave, parasellar plaque, dural surface down to clivus and C2 body

1996

de Jesus et al.

16

F

Optic canal, SOF, MCF; dural thickening of the left hemisphere and tentorium

1998

Soares et al.

-

-

Pituitary fossa/CS, ICA compression

2000

Ayala et al.

83

F

ACF extra-axial mass without bone involvement, (possibly through the anterior etmoid foramen)

2004

Mahr et al.

40

M

MCF, dural thickening over the temporal pole

  

41

M

Optic canal, MCF paraclinoid mass

  

73

F

Meckel cave/CS

2005

Lee et al.

58

M

MCF/CS, dural thickening; ICA encasement

  

63

M

SOF

  

55

M

MCF/CS, petrous apex, dural thickening; brain edema; ICA encasement

  

32

M

MCF/CS dural thickening; brain edema

  

46

M

MCF/CS, petrous apex, Meckel cave, dural thickening; brain edema; ICA encasement

2006

Zborowska et al.

45

F

MCF/CS, Meckel cave, dural thickening over the temporal pole

  

32

M

MCF/CS, pituitary fossa, tentorium; bone erosion (sphenoid wing and orbital roof)

  

48

F

MCF/CS; parasellar mass, bone erosion, ICA encasement

2011

Saifudheen et al.

50

M

MCF/CS large dural mass (temporal pole); brain edema

  1. ACF Anterior cranial fossa, MCF Middle cranial fossa, CS Cavernous sinus, SOF Superior orbital fissure, ICA Internal carotid artery, Pattern I, II, III: patterns of intracranial extension of orbital pseudotumor as described by Clifton et al. [17]