Lipid granuloma of the frontal bone presenting as a space-occupying lesion of the orbit.
Lipid granuloma of the frontal bone is a very rare lesion of unknown cause. When an orbital cyst develops it presents as an orbital mass that is virtually indistinguishable clinically from a lacrimal gland tumour. Complete extirpation of the involved bone is advised.
D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005624:Frontal Bone; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed