Orbit

This chapter focuses on the orbit. It starts off with an outline of orbital anatomy, including the orbital blood supply and neve supply. It continues by describing history taking for orbital disease, and examination of the orbit. It then goes on to describe orbital infections, including preseptal cellulitis, orbital (postseptal) cellulitis, and mucormycosis. Next, it discusses orbital inflammatory disease, including idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease, orbital myositis, Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, dacryoadenitis, and vasculitis. In addition, the chapter discusses vascular malformations, tumours, and thyroid eye disease. The chapter concludes with a discussion of orbital fractures and trauma, and orbital surgery.

A Rare Association of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of Maxilla and Idiopathic Orbital Inflammatory Disease

ABSTRACT Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (pseudotumor) is a rare tumor belonging to the family of fibrous mesenchymal tumors. Though it usually involves lungs, but extrapulmonary site involvement, especially head and neck region is rare. In this paper, we are presenting a 26-year-old male patient, with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of maxilla, with a rare association with a prior history of idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease, treated medically. The patient was treated surgically with complete excision of the pathology from maxilla. This case report intents to review the controversies in management of this tumor and also to enlighten the possible association between the orbital and maxillary pseudotumor. How to cite this article Preetam C, Kumar R, Sikka K, Kumar R, Durgapal P. A Rare Association of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of Maxilla and Idiopathic Orbital Inflammatory Disease. Clin Rhinol An Int J 2013;6(1):41-43.