Abstract
The aim of the study was to describe the prevalence and characteristics of orbital interstitial fluid seen on magnetic resonance (MR) images of infants and young children. Fat-suppressed axial T2-weighted MR images of 100 consecutive infants and young children (<6 years) without orbital pathology were retrospectively reviewed by 2 neuroradiologists. The presence, location, and extent of high-signal orbital interstitial fluid were characterized and tabulated as a function of age. Orbital interstitial fluid was detected in 90 (90%) of the 100 subjects overall, present in 100% (75/75) of infants and children younger than 3 years, 75% (12/16) of those aged 3 to 5 years, and 33% (3/9) of those aged 5 to 6 years. The fluid was bilateral and symmetric in all cases. Two morphologic patterns were distinguished, which often co-existed: (1) a focal discrete curvilinear band of fluid in the posterior-lateral orbit, more common in younger patients, and (2) an ill-defined, lace-like pattern primarily in the superior orbit seen in subjects of all ages. Orbital interstitial fluid as detected by fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR imaging is a nearly universal finding in infants and young children and should not be considered pathologic. It may have ...Continue Reading
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