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Two cases of unilateral proptosis due to orbital hydatid disease are reported. In both cases CT scans showed well-defined, thin-walled cystic masses whose densitometric values were similar to that of the globe.
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Alparslan, L., Kanberoglu, K., Peksayar, G. et al. Orbital hydatid cyst: assessment of two cases. Neuroradiology 32, 163–165 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588570
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