In this article we evaluate five patients with orbital lynphoma in the period between August 1985 - August 1990.
Three patients have only primary orbital lymphoma and two of them have sistemic disease either.
All patients were submitted to clinical exam, computerized tomography, incisional biopsy and stagement.
They were treated with radio and chemotherapy.
Key words: Proptosis; Orbital Lymphoma
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