title: Idiopathic sclerotic inflammation of the orbit with left optic nerve compression in a patient with multifocal fibrosclerosis.
abstract: We present the MR imaging findings in a 43-year-old male patient with bilateral idiopathic sclerosing inflammation of the orbit. Bilateral enhancing retrobulbar masses, with concentric compression of the retrobulbar segment of the left optic nerve, were seen. MR imaging proved to be the only means to distinguish between the different intraorbital structures and to determine the exact site of optic nerve compression. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of MR imaging findings of this entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Schaffler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simbrunner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lechner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Langmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stammberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beham
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology