Inflammations represent the most frequent diseases of the orbit. Because the symptoms of various inflammatory conditions are very similar, radiological examination is crucial in reaching the correct diagnosis. The book is structured in a practical fashion, in that the clinical features and diagnostic imaging of each individual case are presented together. This richly illustrated volume will therefore be an invaluable daily reference for clinicians and practitioners in ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology and radiology.

1 Introduction

2 General Aspects of the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Diseases of the Orbit
History Taking
Optimal Use of Imaging Techniques
Interdisciplinary Cooperation
Characteristic Clinical Aspects of Inflammatory Orbital Diseases that Allow Diagnosis with a High Degree of Certainty
Similar Aspects in Etiologically Different Diseases
Different Aspects of Eight Patients with Clinically Proven Grave' Disease
3 Graves' Disease
Definition and Pathogenesis
Psychosomatic Aspects
Clinical Picture and Patterns of CT Findings
Differential Diagnosis
4 Inflammatory Orbital Pseudotumor
Definition and Etiology
Clinical Picture and CT Patterns
5 Inflammatory Diseases of the Lacrimal Gland
Differential Diagnosis
6 Orbital Inflammations Secondary to Paranasal Sinus Disease and Their Differential Diagnoses
Orbital Complications of Bacterial Sinusitis
7 Clinically and Histologically Proven Inflammatory Orbital Diseases and Their Differential Diagnoses - Selected on Didactic Grounds
8 Similar CT Findings in Etiologically Different Disease Entities
Enlargement of Individual Extraocular Muscles
Diffuse Orbital Infiltration
Unilateral Enlargement of the Cavernous Sinus
9 Characteristic CT Patterns that Allow Diagnosis with a High Degree of Safety.