The orbit is the bony cavity that contains the eye, its muscles, fat and the optic nerve. Its diseases — inflammatory, traumatic or infectious — present as a change in eye position (exophthalmos), double vision, pain or eyelid swelling. Their management is at the heart of oculoplastic surgery.
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Thyroid eye disease
Graves' disease and the eye: eyelid retraction, exophthalmos, inflammation.
Orbital cellulitis
Red, swollen eyelid with fever: an infection requiring urgent treatment.
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