title: Orbital space-occupying lesions in Indian children.
abstract: To present a review of all patients younger than 16 years who presented to us with orbital space-occupying lesions.
  
  
  
  Retrospective case study.
  
  
  
  We analyzed the records of 119 children younger than 16 years of age who had presented to us with proptosis during the 10-year study period. Myogenic tumors were the most common lesion seen (24%), followed by metastatic and secondary orbital tumors (17%), vasculogenic lesions (15%), cystic lesions (10%), inflammatory lesions simulating tumors (7.5%), optic nerve and meningeal tumors (7.5%), peripheral nerve tumors (5%), lacrimal fossa lesions (4%), lymphoid tumors and leukemias (2.5%), primitive neuroectodermal tumors (3%), and others (2.5%).
  
  
  
  We analyzed the profile of orbital lesions that underwent surgical procedures and were proven histopathologically. We found 63 malignancies among the 119 cases, for a malignancy rate of 53%. Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma and retinoblastoma with orbital spread were the most common causes of proptosis among the children.
authors.affiliation: Oculoplastic and Pediatric Ophthalmology Services, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Mandeep S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bajaj
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pushker
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: Subhash M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Betharia
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: Ramamurthy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balasubramanya
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies