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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun 1:15:ic27.
eCollection 2015.

Periorbital Richter Syndrome

Mark Gorman  1 , Julia Ruston  2 , Sarath Vennam  1
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Case Reports

Periorbital Richter Syndrome

Mark Gorman et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: CLL; Richter syndrome; diagnosis; eyelid; necrotizing fasciitis.

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Figure 1
Richter syndrome affecting eyelids on the left side in our patient.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Necrotizing fasciitis affecting both eyes.
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