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Pathology

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Affecting the bone:

  • osteoma

Affecting the lacrimal gland:

  • carcinoma
  • pleomorphic adenoma

Infiltration from the paranasal sinuses and nasopharynx:

  • carcinoma - invasion through the medial wall of the orbit

Affecting the retina:

  • retinoblastoma - in children
  • melanoma

Affecting the optic nerve:

  • pilocytic astrocytoma
  • neurofibroma

Affecting the optic nerve sheath:

  • meningioma

Infiltrating the lymphoid tissue:

  • lymphoma - primary or secondary

Infiltrating the connective tissue:

  • rhabdomyosarcoma - in children; highly malignant

Blood borne metastases:

  • lung and breast in adults
  • neuroblastoma, Ewing's sarcoma, leukaemia in children

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