[Exophthalmus caused by diseases of the lacrimal glands]

In the submitted paper the authors analyze data from a selected patient group with diseases of the orbit and evaluate the ratio of diseases of the lacrimal gland at the First Ophthalmological Clinic Faculty Hospital, Medical Faculty Comenius University in Bratislava between 1980 and 1992. During the mentioned period 25 patients with orbital disease were hospitalized or put on records and dispensarized. Tumours of the lacrimal glands were present 16 times.