Background: This report describes a recurrent orbital glomus tumor in an Asian patient.\r\nCase presentation: A healthy 50-year-old Korean man had progressive right exophthalmos and a soft mass on his\r\nright lower lid for 6 months. We evaluated the mass using CT and MRI, and performed excisional biopsy and\r\npathologic examination. Pathologically, the mass was a glomus tumor. Although proptosis of the right eye\r\ndecreased, one month after surgery it increased to almost the same level as before surgery.\r\nConclusions: This is the first report of an Asian patient with an orbital glomus tumor that demonstrated rapid\r\nre-growth after incision without pain or visual problems.
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