Orbital mass causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nawal Muazam M.D.[2]

Synonyms and keywords: Eye mass

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Orbital aneurysm, Carotico-cavernous fistula, Orbital venous varix, Capillary hemangioma, Arteriorvenous malformation, Cavernous haemangioma, Orbital lymphangioma
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat	Frontal mucocele, Frontal pyocele, Ethmoid mucocele, Ethmoid sinus pyocele, Ethmoid sinusitis
Endocrine	Graves' disease
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	Posterior orbit encephalocele, Periorbital dermoid cyst, Epidermoid cyst, Dermolipoma, Choristoma, Teratoma, Congenital cystic eye, Colobomatous cyst
Hematologic	Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Erdheim-Chester disease
Iatrogenic	Peribulbar anesthesia, Surgical trauma
Infectious Disease	Orbital cellulitis, Orbital abscess, Preseptal cellulitis, Bacterial rhinosinusitis, Dacryocystitis, Infected mucocele, Mucormycosis, Osteomyelitis of the orbital bones, Rothia mucilaginosa, Hydatid cyst, Orbital aspergillosis, Endophthalmitis
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	Orbital myositis, Sarcoidosis, Orbital vasculitis, Sjögren's syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, Dermatomyositis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Churg-Strauss syndrome
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Benign: Orbital ossifying fibroma, Lacrimal adenomas, Osteoma, Pleomorphic adenoma, Orbital lymphangioma, Optic nerve sheath meningioma, Optic nerve schwannoma Malignant:Orbit Burkitt tumor, Orbital neuroblastoma, Orbit rhabdomyosarcoma, Orbital lymphoma, Uveal melanoma, Retinoblastoma, Lacrimal gland carcinoma, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Maxillary carcinoma, Ethmoidal carcinoma, Osteosarcoma, Fibrous dysplasia, Nerve sheath tumor, Hemangiopericytoma, Adenoid cystic carcinoma of lacrimal gland, Plexiform neurofibroma, Optic nerve glioma, Lacrimal gland tumor, Lacrimal duct tumours, Olfactory neuroblastoma, Chondrosarcoma, Fibrosarcoma, Malignant granular cell tumors Metastatic: Orbit metastasis, Breast cancer, Melanoma metastasis
Opthalmologic	Osteomyelitis of the orbital bones, Coloboma
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	Tolosa Hunt syndrome
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	Retro-orbital hematoma, Orbital fracture, Orbital trauma, Orbital emphysema
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease (orbital pseudotumor), Foreign body, Phlebitis of the facial veins, Sarcoidosis