[Role of imaging classification in the diagnosis and management of orbital inflammatory pseudotumor].

ABSTRACT

Orbital inflammatory pseudotumor (OIP) is a kind of orbital idiopathic benign space-occupying lesion with no clear etiology and mainly characterized by inflammatory response. The clinical diagnosis of OIP should be based on exclusion of other diseases or surgical biopsy. Medication and surgical excision are both diagnostic and therapeutic methods. The choice of which is a problem that baffles clinicians. This article discusses a new strategy basing on the imaging features and classifications of OIP. It is expected to be further discussed and promoted in clinical practice to improve the diagnosis and treatment of OIP.