title: Imaging of the pediatric orbit.
abstract: This article addresses the embryology of the eye, the imaging of common congenital malformations involving the globe, and imaging features of common retro-ocular masses. Clinical entities resulting in alterations in the size and contour, and those producing leukokoria, also are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. castillo@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wagle
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*