[Echography in rhinogenic orbital complications (author's transl)].

Echography in 1273 patients with suspicious orbital tumor revealed in 5.4% a rhinogenic disease causing proptosis. Muco- and pyoceles, hemorrhages of the orbit following paranasal trauma, orbital inflammation in sinusitis and rhinogenic tumors invading the orbit could be detected echographically by specific criteria. Because of its simple, reproducable and riskless appliance, echography of the orbit and paranasal region is a screening-method in the differential diagnosis of proptosis.