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6295169

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
We studied 39 patients who had solid mass-lesions primary in the lacrimal gland by computed tomography and reviewed their clinical histories. Twenty-three patients had either inflammatory conditions (16 cases) or lymphoid tumors (seven cases), with average symptomatic periods of less than a year. In this group, soft-tissue contour analysis in the axial and corneal projections demonstrated diffuse, compressed, and molded enlargements of the lacrimal gland in an oblong fashion, and there were no associated bone defects. Sixteen parenchymal benign or malignant tumors (six benign mixed tumors, one schwannoma, and nine malignant epithelial tumors) exhibited rounded or globular soft-tissue outlines and were frequently associated with contiguous bone changes. The benign tumors had smooth encapsulated outlines at their margins, whereas the malignant tumors displayed microserrations indicative of infiltration. The patients with the benign mixed tumors had had symptoms, on the average, for more than a year, whereas those with epithelial malignancies became symptomatic or had a preexisting benign mixed tumor that became exacerbated in periods of less than six months. Contour analysis of the soft-tissue mass depicted in coronal and axial tomograms is a valuable adjunct that leads to more accurate preoperative diagnosis when combined with a radiographic search for bone changes and the clinical history. Once a diagnosis regarding the presumptive lesional family has been made preoperatively, corticosteroid therapy may be instituted for acute inflammation and biopsies through the eyelid should be performed for suspected chronic inflammations, lymphoid lesions, or epithelial malignancies. A lateral orbitotomy without prior biopsy should be performed for rounded, well-encapsulated masses of long duration that are likely to be benign mixed tumors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9394
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
785-807
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Combined clinical and computed tomographic diagnosis of primary lacrimal fossa lesions.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't