A Case of Orbital Pseudotumor.

Kim, Hong Bok; Song, Yong Moon; Lee, Sung Chul

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1981;22(2):469-472.
Published online February 1, 1981.

A Case of Orbital Pseudotumor.

Hong Bok Kim, Yong Moon Song, Sung Chul Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

안와위 종양

김홍복(Hong Bok Kim),송용문(Yong Moon Song),이성철(Sung Chul Lee)

Abstract

The term 'orbital pseudotumor' has been used to describe inflammatory lesions of the orbital tissues of unknown etiology simulating in their clinical picture a neoplasm of the orbit. The term inflammatory pseudotumor of the orbit has a clinical rather than a pathological connotation. The clinical picture presented by inflammatory pseudotumor may resemble that of a true neoplasm in every way-there is proptosis which is irreducible, chemosis, swelling of the lid, limitation of mobility and frequently a discrete palpable mass. Usually recurrence has been Tare and several methods of treatment has been reported. A 48 year old Korean woman was found to have pseudotumor of her right orbit which was confirmed histopathologically on biopsy.