Lacrimal gland tumors and simulating lesions. Clinicopathologic and MR imaging features

Radiol Clin North Am. 1999 Jan;37(1):219-39, xii. doi: 10.1016/s0033-8389(05)70089-0.

Abstract

The lacrimal gland region can be involved in a wide spectrum of orbital pathology, including inflammatory, lymphoproliferative, and epithelial tumors. This article focuses on benign and malignant epithelial tumors of lacrimal gland and simulating lesions. The clinical presentations, MR imaging, and pathologic findings of lacrimal gland tumors are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Dacryocystitis / diagnosis
  • Dacryocystitis / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / pathology
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / diagnosis
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / pathology