Orbital manifestations of granulomatosis with polyangitis
4 February 2021
| Rina Bhatt
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Orbital granulomatosis, Wegener disease, orbital inflammation, orbital tumors
This a retrospective, observational study where authors looked at the ophthalmological examination, biopsy, antibodies and CT scan results of all patients diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangitis (GPA) from January 2007-January 2019. Out of 101 patients with diagnosis of GPA, 15...
IgG4 related orbital disease
1 June 2018
| Jaya Myneni
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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IgG4-related orbital disease, lymphoma, nonspecific orbital inflammation, orbit
This retrospective study was done to determine the prevalence of IgG4 related orbital disease (IgG4ROD) in patients who previously had biopsies for suspected idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease (IOID) and / or orbital lymphoproliferative disease (OLD). The charts and slides of...
Bisphosphonates can cause orbital inflammation
1 April 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Bisphosphonate, complication, orbital inflammation, orbital inflammatory syndrome, side effect, zolendronate
The authors describe four patients with bisphosphonate induced orbital inflammation and review a further 25 cases in the literature. Intravenous zoledronate was the most common precipitant (76% of cases) with the mean time until onset of inflammation being three days...
