title: Orbital lipoma: 2 cases and review of literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Lipomas are rare benign tumors of the orbit that can resemble a variety of other orbital masses. We present 2 patients with orbital lipomas and review the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of clinical charts, imaging studies, and pathology specimens.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We encountered 2 patients with lipomas, both presenting with orbital swelling and a mass noted on clinical examination. A well-circumscribed lesion was seen on CT, which on excision was composed of mature fat cells arranged in lobules and surrounded by a diaphanous capsule.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lipomas arising in the orbit may evoke a range of clinicoradiologic differential diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India.
authors.forename: Nagendra B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Wilma Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Manraj K S
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Heran
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rootman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed