[Sclerotic inflammation of the orbit and multifocal fibrosclerosis syndrome].

Abstract

CLINICAL CASE:

A fifty-two-year-old woman consulted our department because of a bilateral proptosis. The appearance of acute symptoms suggestive of a digestive disorder during her admission to hospital for the study of the proptosis, led to a diagnosis of multifocal fibrosclerosis with simultaneous affliction of orbital tissue, mesenteric fat and the brain stem.

DISCUSSION:

Idiopathic Sclerotic Inflammation of the orbit is a rare pathological entity, with similar clinical and radiological characteristics to orbital pseudo-tumour. The differential diagnosis is important because both these conditions differ in treatment and prognosis.

• Authors: B Mataix, E López-Navarrete, M López-Domínguez, R Angeles
• Journal: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol) Vol. 83 Issue 4 Pg. 263-6 (Apr 2008) ISSN: 0365-6691 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Esclerosis inflamatoria orbitaria y síndrome de fibrosis multifocal.
• PMID: 18373300 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Female
• Fibrosis
• Humans
• Inflammation (complications, diagnosis)
• Middle Aged
• Orbit (pathology)
• Sclerosis
• Syndrome