title: [Diagnostic significance of CT in the orbital inflammatory lesions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze and summarize the CT signs of orbital inflammatory lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  HITACH-W, or EXEL 2400 pattern of CT was applied for the orbital scanning of 52 cases with orbital inflammatory lesions proved by clinicopathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The CT signs of orbital inflammatory lesions in our series included exophthalmos, orbital mass, ill-marginated mass, multiple space involvement, extraocular muscle enlargement, scleral thickening, eyelid thickening, optic nerve thickening, orbital fat density increasing, lacrimal gland enlargement, sinusitis, subperiosteal abscess, ring-enhancement in masses, etc.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All these findings on CT are of important significance for the diagnosis of orbital inflammatory lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Xiang Ya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed