CT diagnosis of orbital lymphoma

JI Liu-zhou; LI Hong-tao; SUN Guo-yun; YANG Jian-lin; CHEN Tao; SUN Shi-jie; HUANG Ying-qiao

Journal of China Clinic Medical Imaging ›› 2006, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (12) : 673-675.

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CT diagnosis of orbital lymphoma

JI Liu-zhou, LI Hong-tao, SUN Guo-yun, YANG Jian-lin, CHEN Tao, SUN Shi-jie, HUANG Ying-qiao

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Objective: This article explores how to diagnose lymphoma in the orbit by CT in order to improve the ability of diagnosing. Methods: In this paper, the CT features of orbital lymphoma in 12 cases proved by operating pathology were analyzed retrospectively. Results: In these 12 cases, only 1 is Hodgkin’s disease, whose pathological changes are in extraconal compartment, and the other 11 are non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, in which merely one involved both eyes, and others on one side. Seven are of confined-type whose pathological changes exist around the eyes, and 5 are of diffused type, on whose picture there are shapes of soft-tissue in extraconal orbital compartment. Conclusion: Lymphoma has certain features on CT. The important clue of lymphoma is that the soft-tissue mass grows around the eye ring. But the final decision is made according to biopsy and immunohistochemistry.

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lymphoma / orbital neoplasms / tomography / X-ray computed

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JI Liu-zhou;LI Hong-tao;SUN Guo-yun;YANG Jian-lin;CHEN Tao;SUN Shi-jie;HUANG Ying-qiao. CT diagnosis of orbital lymphoma[J]. Journal of China Clinic Medical Imaging. 2006, 17(12): 673-675