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| Value of CT in the diagnosis of exophthalmos |
| LI Xiao-lan, YANG Quan, ZHANG Ao |
| Department of Radiology, the Second People’s Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 402160, China |
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Abstract Objective: To study the etiologic factors, the value of CT diagnosis and differential diagnosis of exophthalmos. Method: The CT appearances and clinical features of 82 cases who had exophalmos confirmed by operation, pathology and follow-up of treatment were analyzed retrospectively. Result: This study included Graves disease 23 cases (hyperthyroidism 17 cases, normothyroidism 6 cases), inflammatory pseudotumor 20 cases, angioma 16 cases, metastatic tumor 3 cases, retinal glioblastoma 4 cases, cranial neurogliocytoma 5 cases, lymphangioma 3 cases, nasosinusitis 3 cases, carotid cavernous fistula 5 cases. Their CT appearances were exophalmos, tumor behind the eyeball and within the eyeball, thickening muscular apparatus. Conclusion: The CT scanning has important value for etiological diagnosis and displaying the circumsciption of pathological changes of exophalmos.
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Received: 03 September 2007
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2008, Vol. 19 
