Orbital lipoma: 2 cases and review of literature.
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.
Shah
Nagendra B
NB
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India.
Chang
Wilma Y
WY
White
Valerie A
VA
Heran
Manraj K S
MK
Rootman
Jack
J
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