DIFFICULTIES OF RADIATION DIAGNOSTICS OF THE VOLUME FORMATIONS OF THE ORBIT. CLINICAL EXAMPLE
Diagnosis of volumetric formations of the eyeball, orbits and appendage of the eye is one of the most urgent clinical problems, which is due to the rarity of this pathology. Malignant neoplasms of the orbit first of all need to be differentiated from the pseudotumor of the orbit (PTO). PTO is considered as a polyetiological group of pathologies of the visual organ of a non-specific inflammatory nature. Common clinical manifestations of neoplasms of the orbit and PTO are exophthalmos, pain in the eye socket, edema and hyperemia of the eyelids. The article presents a clinical case of PTO as an example of a rare and diagnostically complex disease, in which ultrasound is the method of choice and one of the primary methods of radiation diagnosis, safe and effective. Since, along with other radiation diagnostic methods, it allows you to determine the differential diagnostic range of diseases, and in addition, it allows you to repeatedly conduct dynamic monitoring both at the pre-and postoperative stages, as well as to carry out dynamic monitoring of the effectiveness of treatment.