Cholesterol-Containing Granuloma of the Orbital Wall*

Cholesterol granuloma of the maxilla in a dog

“…Cholesterol granuloma is a recognised but rare lesion of man occurring in enclosed bony spaces such as the orbit, paranasal sinuses and middle ear (Nicholls 1956, Graham and Michaels 1978, Sade 1979, Coup and Hopper 1980, Parke and others 1982. The terms cholesteatoma and choleterol granuloma have been used interchangeably in the past but cholesteatoma is now taken to imply the presence of ectopic epithelial elements and hence a different aetiology and the terms are now distinguished (Sade 1979, Parke and others 1982).…”

Zum echographischen Bild des orbitalen Cholesteatoms und des Fibromyxoms*

“…Die sekundàren oder Pseudocholesteatome sind haufiger. Irn aligerneinen bilden die Cholesterol enthaltenderi (Aschoff, 1923) Orbitagranulome (Nicholls, 1956) eine heterogene Gruppe (Reese, 1976). Einige stellen Dermoide oder epidermoide Zysten dat (Rintelen, 1934), andere al5er em eosinophiles Granulorn oder es besteht em Morbus Hand-Schüller-Christian (Knapp, 1934;Wheeler, 1934), andere entstehen aus Orbitalhärnatomen,…”

“…Nach Birch-Hirschfeld (1909), Michäil (1931), Panneton und Ruox (1941), Constans (1943), Gigglberger (1949), Benedict (1946), Duke-Elder (1952), Ingalls (1953), Nicholls (1956) und Welsh (1957 (Knapp, 1934;Ingalls, 1953), meist das obere laterale Orbitaviertel (Michàil, 1931;Duke-Elder, 1952;Ingalls, 1953).…”