What’s the differential diagnosis of proptosis?
Differential diagnosis of protosis on the basis of laterality Unilateral protosis - Orbital cellulitis - Inflammatory conditions - Developmental anomalies - Vascular anomalies - Neoplasms - Metabolic diseases Bilateral proptosis - Thyroid eye disease - Metastatic neuroblastoma - Orbital myositis - Cavernous sinus thrombosis Differential diagnosis of protosis on the basis of age 1-5 years of age - Dermoid - Sphenoid wing meningioma - Metastatic neuroblastoma - Glioma of optic nerve - Rhabdomyosarcoma - Epithelial cyst 5-10 years of age - Psuedotumor - Hemangioma - Orbital extension of retinoblastoma - Malignant lymphoma - Leukemias - Dermoid 10-30 years of age - Pseudotumor - Mucocele - Lacrimal gland tumor - Dermoid - Hemangioma - TED - Meningioma - Malignant lymphoma/leukemia 30-50 years of age - Lacrimal gland tumor - Pseudotumor - TED - Mucocele - Malignant lymphoma
In elderly women, it is also important to exclude metastases from a primary breast tumour.
