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Orbit and optic nerve
Mucocele of orbit

Nat Pernick, M.D.

Topic Completed: 1 February 2014

Revised: 4 April 2019

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Nat Pernick, M.D.
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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description
Cite this page: Pernick N. Orbit and optic nerve: mucocele of orbit. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeorbitmucocele.html. Accessed August 18th, 2019.
Definition / general
  • Due to chronic inflammation of frontal or ethmoid sinus
  • Lesion erodes sinus wall, produces downward and lateral displacement of globe
  • Insidious onset with slow and asymptomatic enlargement
Microscopic (histologic) description
  • Cystic mass lined by ciliated, mucus-secreting columnar epithelium with scarring and inflammation
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