Orbital tumours

Orbital tumours

The approach to the accurate diagnosis of orbital lesions requires initial identification of the space of origin. For descriptive purposes, the orbit has been divided into the following parts: globe, intraconal and extraconal spaces [1]. As each space has unique contents, the diagnostic possibilities can to some extent be predicted accordingly. Such an approach works fairly well in clinical pra...

Peri-orbital tumours.

I FULLY realize the honour the Institute of Ophthalmology has paid me in asking me to give this address to-day. I wondered how a general surgeon could interest listeners who have devoted so much of their time to the study of ophthalmology. Many years ago I was ophthalmic house surgeon to Mr. Cargill and Mr. Lyle, and it was during that time that I first became interested in peri-orbital tumours...

Orbital tumours in African children.

The differential diagnosis of proptosis in African children poses a bewildering number of possibilities (Davies, I968). Many of these cases prove to be due to inflammation of neighbouring sinuses or to invasion of the orbit by parasites or fungi. Orbital tumours causing proptosis occur frequently, and a series of sixty cases of proptosis in childhood caused by neoplasms in the orbit is reviewed...

Approach to orbital tumours. Based on a study of orbital tumours in Ceylon.

Fine needle aspiration biopsy in orbital tumours.

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed in 46 patients with an orbital mass. Positive cytological identification was made in 43 biopsy specimens. In 26 cases with histopathological control the accuracy was 81%. In experienced hands FNAB is safe and appears to be a valuable tool in establishing a diagnosis of malignancy in orbital tumours.