Pictorial Review of Histopathologically Diagnosed Orbital Tumors
Journal Title: American Journal of OPhthalmic Clinical Trials - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
A wide variety of lesions from the benign to aggressively malignant can present in the orbital region. Imaging is especially important in this highly specialized region. Computed tomography can provide data regarding bony involvement, and anatomical localization relative to the bony orbit, which is useful for surgical planning. Magnetic resonance imaging is superior in soft tissue resolution, lesion morphology, intensity, contrast enhancement, and for allowing localization in relation to vital orbital structures such as the optic nerve and extraocular muscles. Due to these structures and the closed orbital space, an orbital biopsy is not always easily performed and not without risk. Careful imaging with continual histopathological correlation can allow both the radiologist and surgeon to narrow the differential diagnosis of characteristic orbital tumors, which can ultimately guide management and potentially avoid risky surgery. We present the imaging characteristics of histopathologically proven neoplastic and inflammatory lesions of the orbit.
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Lily Koo Lin, Govind Mukundan, Rebecca Sonu, Alena Reznick
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- DOI 10.25259/AJOCT-4-2019
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