Sclerosing Orbital Pseudotumor: A Unique Clinicopathologic Entity
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Vol. 98 (7) , 496-501
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000348948909800702
Abstract
A case of orbital pseudotumor is presented that histologically showed dense fibrosis invading bone and adjacent sinuses, and failed to respond to either steroids or radiation therapy. “Orbital pseudotumor” remains a sobriquet for a variety of clinical and histopathologic entities including a monomorphous lymphocytic benign or malignant neoplasm; a polymorphous reactive inflammatory lesion; and a densely fibrosing sclerotic variant that appears to behave more aggressively, often locally invades adjacent structures, and may be related to a multifocal fibrosclerosis that also includes retroperitoneal fibrosis, Riedel's sclerosing thyroiditis, mediastinal fibrosis, and sclerosing cholangitis. This “sclerosing orbital pseudotumor” is felt to represent a unique clinicopathologic entity, and an approach to its treatment is described.Keywords
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