title: Orbital imaging: a pattern-based approach.
abstract: Providing a concise and relevant differential diagnosis for clinicians who order imaging studies can be difficult for the interpreting radiologist. In evaluation of cross-sectional imaging studies of the orbit, the myriad disease processes that occur in the orbit have overlapping features both clinically and at imaging. Disease entities can be categorized into a small set of relatively distinct patterns. In conjunction with careful consideration of the clinical history, a pattern-based approach to the interpretation of cross-sectional imaging studies of the orbit can help the radiologist provide a list of possible causes for the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital, Roosevelt Division, 1000 Tenth Ave, Suite 4B-14, New York, NY 10019, USA. Electronic address: dmeltzer@chpnet.org.
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Meltzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Computed tomography; Extraconal; Intraconal; Intraocular; Lymphoproliferative disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastasis