title: [Cholesterol granuloma of the orbits--clinicopathologic study].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Univ.-Augenklinik Heidelberg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Daus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Voges
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwechheimer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gademann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallasch
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Cholesteringranulom der Orbita--klinisch-pathologische Studie.