Orbital meningiomas are growths that start from the thin covering layers around the brain and the optic nerve. These covering layers are called the meninges. ...

Orbital melanoma is a cancer made from pigment-making cells called melanocytes that is found inside the eye socket (the orbit). The orbit is the bony space ...

An orbital medial wall fracture is a break in the thin bone on the inner side of the eye socket. The eye socket is the orbit. The inner wall sits next to the ...

An orbital mass is any abnormal lump, growth, or swelling inside the eye socket (the bony orbit). The orbit is a cone-shaped space in the skull that holds the ...

Orbital lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system that grows in or around the eye. The “orbit” is the bony space that holds the eyeball, the muscles that move ...

An orbital lymphangioma is a mass made of abnormal lymphatic channels inside the eye socket (the orbit) and sometimes the eyelids. Doctors now prefer the term ...

An orbital lipodermoid (also called a dermolipoma) is a benign, non-cancerous lump made of normal fat and skin-type tissue that grew in the wrong place near ...

Orbital Infarction Syndrome means that almost everything inside the orbit (the “eye socket”) suddenly does not get enough blood and oxygen and starts to die. ...

An orbital granular cell tumor is a rare growth that starts from the support cells that wrap around nerves (called Schwann cells) and develops inside the eye ...

An orbital granular cell tumor is a rare growth that starts from the support cells that wrap around nerves (called Schwann cells) and develops inside the eye ...

An orbital foreign body means that a piece of material that does not belong to the body has entered and remained inside the orbit, which is the bony eye socket ...

An orbital floor fracture is a break in the thin bone that makes the “bottom” of the eye socket. Your eye sits in a bony cup called the orbit. The floor of ...

Orbital fat prolapse is a bulge of normal eye socket fat that slowly slips forward through a thin natural curtain in the eyelid called the orbital septum. The ...

Orbital emphysema means air gets trapped in the soft tissues around the eye (the “orbit”). The orbit is a bony cup that holds the eye, muscles, nerves, blood ...

Orbital decompression is an operation to make more room inside the eye socket. The eye socket is called the “orbit.” It is a cone-shaped space made of bone and ...

Orbital compartment syndrome is a true eye emergency. It happens when pressure inside the eye socket (the orbit) rises quickly and gets so high that blood can ...