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Imaging of Diseases of the Orbit

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Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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Orbital pathology may be compartmentalized into lesions of the optic nerve/perioptic sheath, orbital fat, extraocular muscles, and orbital bone.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Corinthian Diagnostic Radiology, The New York Hospital — Cornell Medical Center, 345 East 37th Street, Suite 204, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Leslie A. Saint-Louis M.D. (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Tulane University Medical Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70112-2699, USA

    Barrett G. Haik M.D., F.A.C.S. (Professor)

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  1. Leslie A. Saint-Louis M.D.
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  1. Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Nuklearmedizin, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus, Alfried Krupp-Straße 21, W-4300, Essen 1, Germany

    Winfried E. Alberti

  2. Radiation Oncology Division, Health Science Center, State University of New York, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Robert H. Sagerman M.D., F.A.C.R. (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

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Saint-Louis, L.A., Haik, B.G. (1993). Imaging of Diseases of the Orbit. In: Alberti, W.E., Sagerman, R.H. (eds) Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97011-5_30

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