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orbital cellulitis

Monday 2 June 2008

Etiology

- infectious orbital cellulitis

  • fungal orbital cellulitis (17410966)
    • rhino-cerebral zygomycosis (Rhizopus arrhizus) (oryzae) (18498302)

- intraorbital organic foreign body (18415875)

- dysimmunity

- orbital tumors

Differential diagnosis

- natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (18356722)
- orbital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (18250531)
- pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland (17667095)
- orbital wall infarction in sickle cell disease (17297619)
- necrotic uveal melanoma with orbital inflammation (16952114)

See also

- orbital lesions
- orbital diseases
- orbital tumors