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The diagnostic value of computed tomography in orbital diseases

A Cooperative Study of 520 Cases

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Computed tomography (CT) has given us a new method for examining the orbit and its contents. The indications for the application of computed tomography in ophthalmology are considered: suspected orbital tumors, unilateral exophthalmos, pareses of the ocular muscles, traumatic lesions and malformations in the region of the orbit. The findings in 520 cases of orbital lesions examined in this study are reported and the differential diagnosis is discussed. Considerable improvement and greater accuracy in diagnosis have been achieved in the field of ophthalmology by using computed tomography. Early tumor visualization is possible without risk or discomfort to the patient.

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Die Computer-Tomographie bedeutet eine optimale Untersuchungsmethode der Orbita. Ohne Risiko und Unbequemlichkeit für den Patienten gelingt eine frühzeitige Tumordiagnose. Aus dem eigenen CT-Krankengut werden 520 Fälle mit Orbita-Läsionen vorgestellt. Diagnose und Differential-diagnose werden diskutiert. Die Indikation zu einer Orbita-Computer-Tomographie ist gegeben bei: Verdacht auf Tumor, einseitigem Exophthalmus, Augenmuskel-Lähmungen, traumatischen Veränderungen und Mißbildungen im Orbita-Bereich.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 6500, Mainz, FRG

    S. Wende

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich, FRG

    E. Kazner

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Charlottenburg, Free University Berlin, FRG

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Dedicated to Professor K. J. Zülch on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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Wende, S., Kazner, E. & Grumme, T. The diagnostic value of computed tomography in orbital diseases. Neurosurg. Rev. 3, 43–49 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01644418

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