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Orbital Swellings, Idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease This condition, previously known as 'orbital pseudotumour', is not a diagnosis but rather the descripti...
Patients may also develop an orbital pseudotumour and occlusive retinal periarteritis. Psoriatic arthritis : this may be associated with uveitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis or keratoconjun...
Inflammatory disease Description : idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease (IOID) - previously called an orbital pseudotumour - is an uncommon disease characterised by non-neo...
Zygomatic Arch and Orbital Fractures, Complications As for orbital roof fractures (see below). Orbital roof fracture Isolated orbital roof fractures are ra...
Orbital and Preseptal Cellulitis, It effectively separates the eyelids from the contents of the orbital cavity. The orbital septum separates the intra-orbital fa...
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Orbital inflammatory pseudotumour. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Parinaud's syndrome (vertical gaze palsy caused by a pine...
This type of complication is called orbital cellulitis and it is important to seek medical advice urgently, usually in an emergency department of a hospital.
Can a stye turn into orbital cellulitis? An extremely rare complication of a stye occurs when the infection spreads to involve the whole eyelid and tissues surrounding and behind the eye.
Infections A wide variety of infections can occur around the external eye: Preseptal or orbital cellulitis . This is discussed in the separate Orbital and Preseptal Cellul...
It most often occurs in the head and neck region, especially in the tissues around the eye (called an orbital rhabdomyosarcoma). Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma may also occur in the womb, vagina,...
However, cellulitis can also affect the tissues around the eye (periorbital cellulitis) or the eye itself (orbital cellulitis). This needs to be seen by a specialist for assessment and treatm...
Another old name is 'pseudotumour cerebri', as it can lead to some signs and symptoms of a brain tumour, without a brain tumour actually being present.
Children Very rarely, levothyroxine therapy can cause pseudotumour cerebri in children. It is an idiosyncratic reaction and presents with raised intracranial pressure and can occur m...
It is rarely associated with pain behind the eyeball (retro-orbital pain). Why is my eyelid twitching? Primary blepharospasm, or benign essential blepharospasm (BEB), is a term used for...
It usually begins with an active inflammatory orbital phase lasting 6-24 months, during which expansion of extraocular muscles and orbital fat occurs.
The region of the orbit: The superior orbital margin is formed by the frontal bone. The lateral orbital margin is formed by the frontal process of the zygoma, the zygomatic ...
Synonyms: superior orbital fissure syndrome, cavernous sinus syndrome, cavernous sinus granulomatosis and Tolosa-Hunt ophthalmoplegia What is Tolosa-Hunt syndrome?
In rhinocerebral disease there is unilateral, retro-orbital headache and nasal stuffiness progressing to a black discharge. Late symptoms from invasion of the orbital nerves and vessels in...
Examples include: Lateral sinus thrombosis, which can cause headache (similar picture to pseudotumour cerebri). Involvement of the jugular bulb, which may cause jugular foramen syndr...
The incidence of congenital dacryocystocele varies from 1% to 12% [ 2 ] This is a serious condition because the orbital septum is poorly formed in infants and there is a significant risk of ...