title: Orbital pathology.
abstract: This overview of orbital pathology deals with different kinds of tumors, inflammatory, vascular, and traumatic diseases, which may involve the orbit. Depending on the respective orbital compartment of the globe, the intrakonal, extrakonal and optic nerve the most important and most frequent lesions are presented with their specific clinical symptoms. Their specific presentation on CT- and MR-imaging is discussed in detail, including the most important differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroradiology, Medical School University of Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany. mueller-forell@neuroradiol.klinik.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Müller-Forell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitz
mesh_terms: D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*