title: Lymphoma and other lymphoid lesions of the orbit (II).
abstract: The incidence, survival rate and causes of death of patients with orbital lymphomas and other lymphoid lesions of the orbit in Denmark, during the period 1943-62 inclusive, were studied by means of a clinico-pathological analysis. In the period examined, the incidence of histologically verified primary orbital tumours was 0.06%. The incidence of primary orbital lymphomas and lymphoid lesions was at least 0.012%. These can be histologically divided into 3 categories: benign, indeterminate (intermediary) and malignant. The present study confirms the relevance of this classification, as there is a definite relationship between the histological diagnosis and the clinical survival rate. For the patients in question, the chances of dying of a universal malignant disease were approximately 10(3) times greater than in the normal Danish population.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007223:Infant; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology