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orbital inflammatory pseudotumor

Monday 2 June 2008

Etiology

- foreign body (17357321)
- inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the orbit (17110698)

References

- Yan J, Li Y, Qiu H, Lu G, Wu Z, Lin J, Zhang W. Immunohistochemical study of the presence of mast cells in idiopathic orbital inflammatory pseudotumor: possible role of mast cells in the course of its pathogenesis. Int Ophthalmol. 2007 Aug;27(4):235-9. PMID: 17464452