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68 year old man with left orbital fullness
Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 1998
Volume 4, Number 23
October 6, 1998
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Ammar Safar, M.D. | Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Ancillary Testing
Radiographic Studies
Computed Tomography: see Figures 5-7

Pathology
The patient underwent left orbital biopsy: see Figures 8-9
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Figure 5
Figures 5-7. Axial and coronal CT scans showing a space occupying infiltrative lesion extending throughout the medial aspect of the left orbit and extending to infiltrate the meninges of the optic nerve bilaterally in the extra-orbital space.

Figure 6

Figure 7

Figure 8
Figures 8-9. Low and high power microscopic views showing necrotizing granulomatous inflammation.

Figure 9