[Vascular tumors of the orbit]

Abstract

The author presents 536 cases of vascular tumors of the orbit. The most common orbital vascular lesions are cavernous hemangioma, capillary hemangioma, and lymphangioma. The hemangiopericytoma are less frequent than the three other types. The clinical and paraclinical characteristics of the most frequent tumors are analyzed and the various possibilities of treatment are discussed.