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The differential diagnosis of solid orbital lesions includes a variety of etiologies such as neoplastic, inflammatory, granulomatous, vascular, infectious, and congenital. Sarcoidosis is one such etiology that on PET/MR imaging shows increased FDG uptake with homogenous contrast enhancement.
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Tank, D., Rajput, A. (2018). Orbital Sarcoidosis. In: PET/MR Imaging . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65106-4_111
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