Orbital varices: imaging findings and the role of color Doppler sonography in the diagnosis

SEÇİL M., Soylev M., Ada E., Saatci A. O.

COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL IMAGING AND GRAPHICS, cilt.25, sa.3, ss.243-247, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2001
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0895-6111(00)00080-x
  • Dergi Adı: COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL IMAGING AND GRAPHICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.243-247
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: intermittent exophthalmos, orbital varix, color Doppler ultrasonography, EMBOLIZATION, TOMOGRAPHY
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The orbital varices are infrequent intraorbital masses, which cause intermittent. positional exophthalmos. They have low venous pressure inside which causes difficulties in detection by routine protocols of nearly all imaging modalities. Color Doppler sonography is a simple procedure that can easily detect orbital varices which avoids further evaluation in non-complicated patients. We report the imaging findings of a case of orbital varix and discuss the role of color Doppler sonography in the diagnosis and follow-up. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.