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Eye Diseases > Orbital Diseases > Orbital Pseudotumor

Preferred term

Orbital Pseudotumor  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Inflammatory Pseudotumor of Orbit
  • Inflammatory Pseudotumor, Orbital
  • Inflammatory Pseudotumors, Orbital
  • Orbital Inflammatory Pseudotumor
  • Orbital Inflammatory Pseudotumors
  • Pseudotumor, Inflammatory, Orbital
  • Pseudotumor, Orbital Inflammatory

Note

  • non-neoplastic

Scope note

  • A nonspecific tumor-like inflammatory lesion in the ORBIT of the eye. It is usually composed of mature LYMPHOCYTES; PLASMA CELLS; MACROPHAGES; LEUKOCYTES with varying degrees of FIBROSIS. Orbital pseudotumors are often associated with inflammation of the extraocular muscles (ORBITAL MYOSITIS) or inflammation of the lacrimal glands (DACRYOADENITIS).

History note

  • 2009 (1992)

In other languages

  • silmäkuopan pseudotuumori

    Finnish

  • orbitan plasmasolugranulooma
  • silmäkuopan plasmasolugranulooma
  • Orbital pseudotumör

    Swedish

  • Orbital inflammatorisk pseudotumör
  • Orbital plasmacellsgranulom
  • Plasmacellsgranulom, orbital
  • Pseudotumör i ögonhålan

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016727

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