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Query: UMLS:C0035412 (
rhabdomyosarcoma
)
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We present a patient with
acute sinusitis
whose CT scan showed a ring-enhancing lesion within the orbit typical of an orbital subperiosteal abscess. On exploration of the orbit, there was no pus present but a tumour was found, which on histological examination was found to be a
rhabdomyosarcoma
. The clinical signs and CT characteristics of orbital subperiosteal abscesses and rhabdomyosarcomas are discussed. A ring-enhancing lesion within the orbit on CT scan should not be regarded as being pathognomonic for a subperiosteal abscess and the possibility of other diagnoses should be considered.
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PMID:Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as an apparent orbital subperiosteal abscess. 1076 67
