Michael J. Hawes, M. D., F.A.C.S.     |   home Excessive Tearing   |   Thyroid Related Eye Disease   |   Orbital Tumors   |   Lid turned in or out   |   Blepharoptosis or droopy eyelid   |   Skin Cancers   |   Loss of an Eye   |   Fractures   |   Trauma   |   Birth Defects   |   Blepharospasm Orbital Tumors The orbit and its contents (illustrated above) consist of the bones of the eye socket and the soft tissue contents, including the eye and its associated muscles, vessels, nerves, and other soft tissue contents.  Diseases and tumors may occur in this space. Common problems include inflammatory, cancerous, structural, and vascular or blood vessel disorders. These can manifest with bulging or displacement of the eyeball, double vision, loss of vision, swelling of the eye and eyelids, pain, tearing, or pulsation of the eye. Pictured below is a patient with an orbital tumor pushing her right eye forward in the first photo and then following removal of the tumor by Dr. Hawes in the second or lower photo. The tumor was derived from a nerve and was quite large. Can you see the tumor in the CT scan pushing the right eye forward? Services Menu 850 East Harvard Avenue #345 Denver, Colorado 80210 303-698-2424 303-698-2430 FAX staff@drhawes.com