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Orbit and Ocular Adnexa

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The orbital area contains a variety of anatomical structures including the eyelids, tarsal conjunctiva, caruncle, lacrimal gland, lacrimal drainage system, skin, skin adnexa, and soft tissues. It is surrounded by bone and cartilaginous structures and is highly vascularized and interspersed by the cranial nerves. This complex of neighboring, highly specialized tissues results in a large spectrum of inflammatory, benign, and malignant conditions. An extensive blood supply of the richly vascularized orbital area explains the occurrence of metastases from various organs, commonly from breast and lung neoplasms in adults and neuroblastoma in children. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA), by its simplicity and accuracy, can serve as an important diagnostic tool, solving some of the various clinical dilemmas in this complex anatomic area.

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    Jerzy Klijanienko

  2. Department of Ocular Oncology, St. Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Katarina Bartuma

  3. Department of Pathology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

    Henryk A. Domanski

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Klijanienko, J., Bartuma, K., Domanski, H.A. (2019). Orbit and Ocular Adnexa. In: Domanski, H. (eds) Atlas of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76980-6_18

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