Orbital pseudotumor in a child: diagnostic implications and treatment strategies.
Orbital pseudotumor is a benign, idiopathic, non-infectious and non-neoplastic clinical syndrome characterized by the presence of an inflammatory mass at orbital level with no identifiable cause. The disease is rarely observed in the pediatric population. This article describes a relapsing bilateral orbital pseudotumor in a young girl. The diagnostic implications and treatment strategies are discussed.
Guerriero
Silvana
S
Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, University of Bari Medical School, 11, Piazza G. Cesare, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Di Leo
Elisabetta
E
Piscitelli
Domenico
D
Ciracì
Lorenza
L
Vacca
Angelo
A
Sborgia
Carlo
C
Dammacco
Rosanna
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008853:Microscopy; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone