[Computerized tomography of the orbita (author's transl)].

Computerized tomography of the orbita is today the most accurate method to determine the causes of exophthalmus. It can detect and localise precisely congenital, inflammatory and neoplastic disease of the orbita and its surroundings. Specific diagnosis is not always possible; it may be attained, if complementary neuroradiological methods are applied. Higher spatial resolution will probably allow to apply computerized tomography also to other, more discrete orbital diseases.