title: Retrobulbar hydatid cyst: assessment of two cases.
abstract: A 54-year-old man with a unilocular hydatid cyst within the infero-posterior angle of the orbit and a 6-year-old male child with a unilocular hydatid cyst within the supero-medial angle of the orbit are presented. The retrobulbar cysts were diagnosed with computed tomography and ultrasonography and were treated after serologic confirmation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Numune State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Karakaş
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tokoğlu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kacar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boyacigil
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography