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orbital cellulitis

Monday 2 June 2008

Etiology

 infectious orbital cellulitis

  • fungal orbital cellulitis (17410966)
    • rhino-cerebral zygomycosis (Rhizopus arrhizus) (oryzae) (18498302)

 intraorbital organic foreign body (18415875)

 dysimmunity

 orbital tumors

Differential diagnosis

 natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (18356722)
 orbital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (18250531)
 pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland (17667095)
 orbital wall infarction in sickle cell disease (17297619)
 necrotic uveal melanoma with orbital inflammation (16952114)

See also

 orbital lesions
 orbital diseases
 orbital tumors