[Cholesterol granuloma of the orbits--clinicopathologic study].
Unilateral exophthalmos was caused by a cholesterol granuloma in a 42-year-old patient. The clinical picture, roentgenographic and NMR tomographic changes, surgical therapy and histopathological results are described and discussed with regard to the etiology and differential diagnosis of this disease.
Daus
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Univ.-Augenklinik Heidelberg.
Voges
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Schwechheimer
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Gademann
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Gallasch
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D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D002784:Cholesterol
Cholesteringranulom der Orbita--klinisch-pathologische Studie.