title: Conjunctival cysts of the orbit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study reviews functionally and anatomically disruptive features of simple conjunctival orbital cysts.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case series review from four oculoplastic practices over 6 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven patients with simple conjunctival cysts of the orbit were identified.
  
  
  METHODS
  All cysts were excised and evaluated histopathologically.
  
  
  METHODS
  Assessment was made of the length of time from inciting event to presentation, preoperative and postoperative refractive state and ocular motility, the presence or absence of discomfort, and radiographic or clinical evidence of bone remodeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six of 11 cysts were presumed to be primary, unrelated to antecedent surgery or trauma. Four of 11 cysts were associated with pain or tenderness, 5 cysts induced ocular motility disturbance, 6 cysts caused observable globe distortion or refractive error change, and 6 cysts remodeled bone.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simple conjunctival cysts of the orbit, traditionally regarded as low-pressure lesions with minimal structural impact, may induce considerable anatomic and functional disruption.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Soparkar
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kersten
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Orcutt
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Patrinely
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holds
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed