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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan;40(1):71-4.
doi: 10.12865/CHSJ.40.01.14. Epub 2013 Dec 29.

A rare case of ocular myositis

Carmen Valeria Albu  1 , B Cătălin  2 , Cornelia Zaharia  1
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Case Reports

A rare case of ocular myositis

Carmen Valeria Albu et al. Curr Health Sci J. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

We report the case of a 43 year old man who presented recurrent left abducens palsy. His medical history included arterial hypertension, ischemic cardiomiopathy, dyslipidemia, rhinitis, maxillary sinusitis. Physical examination revealed a overweight patient, horizontal gaze diplopia, left nerve VI paresis, mild left retro-orbital pain. The orbital MRI also didn't offer new information: mild external edema on the left eye, with normal tendon aspect, no thickening or enhancement of the muscle belly and also normal aspect of the bony orbit. Recurrent palsy of EOMs can be caused in rare cases by ocular myositis.

Keywords: corticotherapy; ocular myositis; unilateral.

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Orbital MRI showed for both T2 (A) and T1 (B) mild external edema on the left eye, with normal tendon aspect, no thickening or enhancement of the muscle belly and also normal aspect of the bony orbit (C).
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Cerebral angiography with normal aspect in both internal and external carotid artery.
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Normal left eye visual evoked potential according with the standard of the lab.
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