Current issue
Archive
Videos
Articles in press
About the journal
Supplements
Editorial board
Reviewers
Abstracting and indexing
Subscription
Contact
Instructions for authors
Publication charge
Ethical standards and procedures
Editorial System
Submit your Manuscript
|
1/2006
vol. 108 abstract:
Case report
Idiopathic myositis – a case report
Maciej Gawęcki
1
,
Beata Bałasz-Duda
1
Online publish date: 2006/03/17
View
full text
Get citation
ENW EndNote
BIB JabRef, Mendeley
RIS Papers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero
AMA
APA
Chicago
Harvard
MLA
Vancouver
We present a case of idiopathic myositis of medial rectus muscle in 13-year old boy. Patient was admitted to pediatric ward due to severe headache and periorbital edema. In opthalmological examination serious limitation of adduction together with pain on the eye movements, was found. MRI of the orbit revealed significant enlargement of medial rectus muscle of the RE. Laboratory tests excluded thyroid dysfunction. Systemic steroid therapy was induced. Symptoms regressed 10 days after beginning of
treatment. keywords:
myositis, medial rectus muscle, orbit |
|