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Orbital Tumors

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Diagnostic Imaging in Ophthalmology

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There are many tumors that involve the orbit. Some of them are malignant and others are benign. Primary tumors may arise from any of the orbital components. Secondary tumors may involve the orbit from adjacent structures, such as the paranasal sinuses, the eyeball, the intracranial structures, and the eyelids; or they may be metastatic lesions from distant structures. (Table 11.1). Inflammations, pseudotumors, and vascular lesions also appear as mass lesions in the orbit.

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  1. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, USA

    Carlos F. Gonzalez M.D. (Professor of Radiology) & Joseph C. Flanagan M.D. (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Radiology) &  (Professor of Ophthalmology)

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    Melvin H. Becker M.D. (Professor of Radiology) (Professor of Radiology)

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    Joseph C. Flanagan M.D. (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Ophthalmology)

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Ruchman, M.C., Stefanyszyn, M.A., Flanagan, J.C., Gonzalez, C.F., Becker, M.H. (1986). Orbital Tumors. In: Gonzalez, C.F., Becker, M.H., Flanagan, J.C. (eds) Diagnostic Imaging in Ophthalmology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8575-2_11

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