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Case Reports
. 1982 Apr;100(4):612-6.
doi: 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030030614015.

'Cholesteatoma' of the orbit

D W Parke 2nd, R L Font, M Boniuk, J A McCrary 3rd
Case Reports

'Cholesteatoma' of the orbit

D W Parke 2nd et al. Arch Ophthalmol. 1982 Apr.

Abstract

'Cholesteatoma' of the orbit is a variant of pseudotumor histologically characterized by masses of cholesterol crystals. We propose the term "epidermoid or true cholesteatoma" for lesions containing epithelial elements and refer to those nonepithelium-containing pseudotumors as "cholesterol granulomas." Important clinical features distinguish between epidermoid cholesteatomas and cholesterol granulomas of the orbit and justify a separation of these two pathologic entities.

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