[Pseudotumoral amyloidosis of the orbit].
A case of orbital amyloid pseudotumour is reported; this rare condition typically present as a ptosis followed by slowly growing orbital neoplasm, in middle-aged women. CT-scan disclose an extra-conal, extra-osseous, calcified mass; preoperative diagnosis of this rare condition might help in avoiding recurrence, probably due to incomplete excision. Pathophysiology of these amyloid deposits remain unknown.
Service Central d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, C.H.R.U. d'Amiens.
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D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Amylose orbitaire pseudotumorale.