Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy

A 70-year-old man with thyroid associated ophthalmopathy showed inflammatory swelling of the left inferior oblique muscle that was significantly improved by steroid pulse therapy and radiotherapy. Sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance images were useful to detect the lesion and to evaluate the eff...

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Autor principal: Kakizaki, Hirohiko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668509
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spelling pubmed-27045062009-08-10 Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy Kakizaki, Hirohiko Clin Ophthalmol Case Report A 70-year-old man with thyroid associated ophthalmopathy showed inflammatory swelling of the left inferior oblique muscle that was significantly improved by steroid pulse therapy and radiotherapy. Sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance images were useful to detect the lesion and to evaluate the effects of treatment. Dove Medical Press 2007-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2704506/ /pubmed/19668509 Text en © 2007 Kakizaki, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
title Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
title_full Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
title_fullStr Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
title_full_unstemmed Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
title_short Inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
title_sort inflammatory swelling of the inferior oblique muscle in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668509
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