Orbital meningocele

Abstract

There is little in the literature about the rare condition of orbital meningocele, an anomaly which should be suspected when a cystic swelling appears at the inner angle of the orbit in infancy or early childhood. A female child, aged 12 months, was successfully treated by excision of the meningocele, although post-operatively there was leakage of cerebrospinal fluid, which eventually subsided.