Orbital Care

Orbital Tumors and Trauma

Specialist evaluation of masses, injuries, and structural problems involving the eye socket.

Overview

What This Evaluation Addresses

The orbit contains the eye, muscles, nerves, vessels, lacrimal gland, and supporting tissue within a confined bony space. A mass or injury can affect eye position, movement, sensation, or vision. Evaluation often requires coordination with imaging and other specialists.

Reasons to Seek Evaluation

A new orbital or lacrimal-gland mass
Change in eye position, movement, or double vision
Fracture or soft-tissue injury around the eye
Pain, numbness, swelling, or unexplained visual change

Recovery and Next Steps

Plan Around the Individual Treatment

Care depends entirely on the diagnosis and urgency. Sudden loss of vision, severe pain, a new pupil abnormality, major trauma, or rapidly worsening symptoms should be evaluated emergently rather than through a routine appointment request.

Common Questions

Does every orbital mass require surgery?

No. The diagnosis, growth pattern, symptoms, imaging, and risk to nearby structures determine whether observation, biopsy, or treatment is appropriate.

Should prior imaging be brought to consultation?

Yes. Ask the office how to transfer both the report and the actual image files securely before the visit.

When is orbital trauma an emergency?

Vision loss, severe pain, marked swelling, pupil change, open injury, or other rapidly worsening symptoms require emergency assessment.

This page provides general education, not a diagnosis or treatment recommendation. Candidacy, risks, alternatives, and recovery must be discussed during an appropriate clinical evaluation. Seek urgent care for sudden or severe eye symptoms.

Orbital Tumors and Trauma

What This Evaluation Addresses

Reasons to Seek Evaluation

Plan Around the Individual Treatment

Common Questions

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