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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb;39(1):68-70.
doi: 10.1080/01676830.2019.1594980. Epub 2019 Apr 25.

Orbital AL amyloid

Tiffany Michelle Chan  1 , Claudia Maria Prospero Ponce  2 , Richard Cutler Allen  3   4 , Diana Bell  5 , Andrew Go Lee  1   2   3   6   7   8
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Orbital AL amyloid

Tiffany Michelle Chan et al. Orbit. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

Amyloidosis and lymphoma localized to the ocular adnexa are rare, and their presentation may resemble more common inflammatory conditions such as autoimmune disease or infection, which can protract diagnostic evaluation and delay eventual therapy. In a patient with recalcitrant facial and tooth pain and ophthalmoplegia, evaluation should include careful histopathologic analysis of biopsy specimens. We report a case of orbital AL amyloidosis associated with localized lymphoma that presented with intractable dental pain and progressed to bilateral complete ophthalmoplegia.

Keywords: Amyloidosis; facial pain; lymphoma; ophthalmoplegia; osteomyelitis.

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