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This article discusses the theoretical considerations and clinical findings related to cases of eye asymmetry, including the approach to differential diagnosis and the mimickers of orbital inflammation. Two case studies are presented, one involving a painless exophthalmos in a 70-year-old female, diagnosed as B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and the other involving long-standing enophthalmos in a 50-year-old male, diagnosed as silent sinus syndrome.
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2 CASES OF EYE ASYMMETRY N. De Vos1,2 Prof. Dr. F. M. Vanhoenacker1,2,3 Prof. Dr. M. Mespreuve1,2 Dr. J. Van Haesendonck4 1. Department of Radiology, UZ Gent 2. Department of Radiology, AZ Sint-Maarten, Duffel-Mechelen 3. Department of Radiology, UZ Antwerpen 4. Department of otorhinolaryngology, AZ Sint-Maarten, Duffel-Mechelen
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ORBITAL ANATOMY Tailor TD et al. Radiographics, 2013.
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS APPROACH TO DDx CLASSICAL APPROACH • Etiology: inflammation – infection – neoplasm – trauma • Comprehensive DDx: not clinically helpful LOCATION-BASED APPROACH • Anatomy: conal – intraconal – extraconal – intraocular • Concise DDx: helpful for clinician
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS APPROACH TO DDx CLINICAL FINDINGS • Age, duration, pain, uni- or bilateral • Crucial for further narrowing DDx MIMICKERS • Metastases, lymphoproliferative diseases, sarcoidosis, idiopathic orbital inflammation • Variety of imaging presentations • May involve several orbital structures
CASE 1 CASE 1 • 70 year-old female • Painless left-sided exophthalmos • Since 3 months • Medical history: / • Fundoscopy: normal
CASE 1 CECT Extraconal mass, inferomedial side of left orbit Extension to inferior nasal meatus Uniform contrast enhancement
CASE 1 CECT Bone remodeling with dilation of nasolacrimal duct
CASE 1 T1-WI T2-WI Low to intermediate signal intensity
CASE 1 fs T1-WI + Gd Uniform enhancement Absence of necrosis
CASE 1 DWI ADC Restricted diffusion
CASE 1 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CRUCIAL FINDINGS • 70 year-old female • Rapid onset of painless exophthalmos • Extraconal orbital mass • MRI: low SI, diffusion restriction: high nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS • Lacrimal sac tumor • Lymphoproliferative disease
CASE 1 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT BIOPSY: LYMPHOMA • B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma • 24% of all space-occupying orbital tumors in patients older than 60 years • 30% of patients will develop systemic lymphoma within next 10 years TREATMENT: CHEMOTHERAPY • Bendamustine + Rituximab
CASE 2 CASE 2 • 50-year old male • Right-sided enophthalmos • Longstanding • Sensation of eye displacement when blowing nose • Medical history: /
CASE 2 CT Right-sided enophthalmos No intra-orbital abnormalities
CASE 2 CT Heterogeneous opacification of maxillary sinus Volume loss, inferior displacement of orbital floor
CASE 2 CT CECT Thin-walled sinus, no erosions, small calcifications Minimal enhancement
CASE 2 T1-WI T2-WI T1-WI: low SI T2-WI: high SI Fat proliferation in infratemporal fossa
CASE 2 fs T1-WI + Gd Mucosal enhancement
CASE 1 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CRUCIAL FINDINGS • 50 year-old male • Longstanding right-sided enophthalmos • Right-sided maxillary sinus • Complete opacification • Volume loss • Thin osseous walls
CASE 2 DIAGNOSIS SILENT SINUS SYNDROME Case courtesy of Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 9447
TAKE HOME MESSAGES ORBITAL IMAGING • Location-based: globe – muscle cone – extraconal – intraconal • Clinical findings • Mimickers: lymphoproliferative diseases, metastases, sarcoidosis, idiopathic orbital inflammation • Paranasal sinuses
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