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Differential Diagnosis in Children

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There are many aspects of history, examination, and imaging that aid in the differential diagnosis of orbital lesions in children. Common etiologies of orbital tumors differ significantly between children and adults. For example, rhabdomyosarcoma, one of the most common primary pediatric orbital malignancies, rarely occurs in adults.

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  1. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

    Sandy X. Zhang-Nunes MD, Jill A. Foster MD & Paul L. Proffer MD

  2. Eye Center of Columbus, Columbus, OH, USA

    Sandy X. Zhang-Nunes MD, Jill A. Foster MD & Paul L. Proffer MD

  3. Division of Ophthalmology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue I-32, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Julian D. Perry MD

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  1. Division of Opthalmology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Julian D. Perry

  2. Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Zhang-Nunes, S.X., Foster, J.A., Perry, J.D., Proffer, P.L. (2014). Differential Diagnosis in Children. In: Perry, J., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40492-4_3

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