Atypical Clinical Presentation of Isolated Extraocular Muscle Sarcoid

A case of painless isolated extraocular muscle sarcoid and a literature review are presented. The atypical features in our case include a lack of overt inflammatory symptoms and signs, such as pain, ptosis, and diplopia. The presentation of minimal symptoms without improvement warrant a biopsy to es...

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Autores principales: So, Wing Lung Alvin, Hardy, Thomas G., McKelvie, Penelope
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/370258
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description A case of painless isolated extraocular muscle sarcoid and a literature review are presented. The atypical features in our case include a lack of overt inflammatory symptoms and signs, such as pain, ptosis, and diplopia. The presentation of minimal symptoms without improvement warrant a biopsy to establish the diagnosis and to administer appropriate treatment in order to prevent potential long-term complications from sarcoidosis.
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spelling pubmed-35406502013-01-14 Atypical Clinical Presentation of Isolated Extraocular Muscle Sarcoid So, Wing Lung Alvin Hardy, Thomas G. McKelvie, Penelope Case Rep Ophthalmol Med Case Report A case of painless isolated extraocular muscle sarcoid and a literature review are presented. The atypical features in our case include a lack of overt inflammatory symptoms and signs, such as pain, ptosis, and diplopia. The presentation of minimal symptoms without improvement warrant a biopsy to establish the diagnosis and to administer appropriate treatment in order to prevent potential long-term complications from sarcoidosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3540650/ /pubmed/23320221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/370258 Text en Copyright © 2012 Wing Lung Alvin So et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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