Imaging of Pediatric Orbital Diseases

Behroze A Vachha; Caroline D Robson

doi:10.1016/j.nic.2015.05.009

Imaging of Pediatric Orbital Diseases

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2015 Aug;25(3):477-501. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2015.05.009.

Authors

Behroze A Vachha¹, Caroline D Robson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: caroline.robson@childrens.harvard.edu.

PMID: 26208421
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2015.05.009

Abstract

This article reviews a variety of congenital and developmental disorders of the pediatric orbit with particular emphasis on ocular lesions, followed by a description of developmental and neoplastic orbital and ocular masses. The relationship of these diseases to various syndromes and/or known genetic mutations is also highlighted.

Keywords: CT; Congenital; MR imaging; Ocular; Orbit; Pediatric; Tumor; Vascular.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bone Diseases / diagnosis*
Eye Diseases / diagnosis*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Neuroimaging / methods
Orbit / diagnostic imaging*
Orbit / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*