Orbital pathology covers a variety of diverse diseases that affect the orbit. The complicating factor is that the orbit is composed of a large number of different tissues which each have a plethora of pathologies that can affect them.
Classification
For simplification, they can be separated into developmental, inflammatory, vascular and neoplastic categories:
Developmental
Inflammatory
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inflammatory change in tissues around the orbit
periorbital tissues: orbital infection
optic nerve sheath: optic perineuritis
extraocular muscles: myositis, Graves disease
complete orbital inflammation: panophthalmitis