title: Pathology and computed tomography.
abstract: Although computed tomography (CT) has been an explosive development over the past several years resulting in great improvement in the preoperative localization of orbital tumors and other pathologic processes, it has its limitations in terms of providing specific histologic diagnoses. The cases selected for this presentation illustrate some of these limitations, and some of the lessons learned from our experiences during the past few years.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed