title: The incidence and relevance of bone sclerosis in orbital pseudotumour.
abstract: We reviewed the CT studies of 176 patients with biopsy-proven inflammatory pseudotumour of the orbit, in an attempt to establish the incidence of bone sclerosis in this condition. We found 20 patients (11.5%) to show definite bone sclerosis and/or hyperostosis, and in a further 10 (6%) there was probable sclerosis, giving a total of 30 patients (17%) with some evidence of bony change. Bone-window films were available for a minority of patients, and the frequency of sclerosis was therefore probably underestimated. This feature, which presumably represents a low-grade, chronic sterile osteitis, has not previously been emphasised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Orbital Clinic, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quaghebeur
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moseley
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed