Orbital dermoid diagnosed by computed tomographic scanning.
In a 20-year-old man, computed tomography revealed that an orbital mass in the region of the lacrimal gland fossa had low density attenuation values (below water), indicating a fat-containing tumor. At surgery, we found a dermoid cyst of the oil cyst type.
D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed