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Review
. 2004 Feb;49(2):105-42.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.10.011.

Orbital pathology

W Müller-Forell  1 , S Pitz
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Review

Orbital pathology

W Müller-Forell et al. Eur J Radiol. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

This overview of orbital pathology deals with different kinds of tumors, inflammatory, vascular, and traumatic diseases, which may involve the orbit. Depending on the respective orbital compartment of the globe, the intrakonal, extrakonal and optic nerve the most important and most frequent lesions are presented with their specific clinical symptoms. Their specific presentation on CT- and MR-imaging is discussed in detail, including the most important differential diagnosis.

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