Idiopathic orbital myositis
Evidence-based neurology checklist on idiopathic orbital myositis: Description This is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder of the extraocular muscles It may affect single or multiple muscles It usually affects young adult females The recti are more frequently affected than the oblique muscles The…
Description
- This is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder of the extraocular muscles
- It may affect single or multiple muscles
- It usually affects young adult females
- The recti are more frequently affected than the oblique muscles
- The levator palpabrae superioris is occasionally affected
- It follows an acute, chronic or recurrent course
Classification
Clinical features
Differential diagnosis: inflammatory
Differential diagnosis: infectious
Differential diagnosis: drug-induced
Differential diagnosis: other medical
Differential diagnosis: neurological disorders
Investigations
Treatment
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References
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- Fraser CL, Skalicky SE, Gurbaxani A, McCluskey P. Ocular myositis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2013; 13:315-321.
- McNab AA. Orbital myositis: a comprehensive review and reclassification. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2020; 36:109-117.
- Franco J, Lee NG. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as recurrent, multifocal orbital myositis. Orbit 2021; 40:529-531.
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