ABSTRACT
Purpose: to determine the relative prevalence of different types of orbital tumors at labafinejad hospital, Tehran-Iran
Methods: we reviewed the hospital records of 267 patients with orbital tumors who were operated during 1981-2001. Age, sex, and pathologic reports of orbital tumors were evaluated
Results: cystic lesions accounted for 61 cases [23%], inflammatory masses for 19 cases [7%], lacrimal fossa lesions for 33 [12%], secondary orbital tumors for 73 cases [27%], lymphoid tumors and leukemic infiltrates for 21 [8%], vasogenic lesions for 15 [5.5%], peripheral nerve tumors for 7 [3%], optic nerve and meningeal tumors for 2 [1%], rhabdomyosarcoma for 9 [3%], myxomatous and adipose lesions for 4 [1.5%], metastatic tumors for 4 [1.5%], and histiocytic and related lesion for 1 [0.5%]
Conclusion: secondary and metastatic tumors were the most prevalent tumors in this study and there was no report of melanocytic, osseous, or cartilaginous tumors