Orbit and optic nerve: mucocele of orbit

Eye
Orbit and optic nerve
Mucocele of orbit

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 16 May 2018, last major update February 2014

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PubMed Search: Mucocele [title] orbit

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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 September 20th, 2018.

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