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Ophthalmology Orbital Disorders 1fb5dd67

All of the following are characteristic of lymphangiomas EXCEPT

A
Rare childhood orbital tumours
B
Typically slow growing but may present with acute painful proptosis
C
Called 'chocolate cysts' when bleeds into itself
D
It is the second commonest tumour in HIV
High-Yield Explanation
Commonest tumor in HIV is kaposi sarcoma. 2nd commonest tumor is lymphoma, not lymphangioma. Lymphangioma-. It is an uncommon tumour presenting with slowly progressive proptosis in a young person. It often enlarges because of spontaneous bleed within the vascular spaces, leading to formation of 'chocolate cysts' which may regress spontaneously.

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