Retrobulbar hydatid cyst: assessment of two cases

Australas Radiol. 1997 May;41(2):179-80.

Abstract

A 54-year-old man with a unilocular hydatid cyst within the infero-posterior angle of the orbit and a 6-year-old male child with a unilocular hydatid cyst within the supero-medial angle of the orbit are presented. The retrobulbar cysts were diagnosed with computed tomography and ultrasonography and were treated after serologic confirmation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Diseases / parasitology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography