[Orbital pseudotumor with thrombocytopenia and myasthenia (author's transl)].

Abstract

A 13-year-old girl presented first with an inflammatory pseudotumor of the orbit. A biopsy showed lymphoid hyperplasia. A few months later the patient developed an idiopathic thrombocytopenia. Six months later she developed a myasthenia. The latter responded well to a thymectomy and the orbital pseudotumor disappeared with radiotherapy. The possible connection among these three diseases is discussed.

• Authors: F C Blodi
• Journal: Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde (Klin Monbl Augenheilkd) Vol. 170 Issue 3 Pg. 397-400 (Mar 1977) ISSN: 0023-2165 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Orbitaler Pseudotumor mit Thrombozytopenie und Myasthenie
• PMID: 864986 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Female
• Fibroma (complications, pathology)
• Humans
• Lacrimal Apparatus (pathology)
• Myasthenia Gravis (complications)
• Orbital Neoplasms (complications, pathology)
• Thrombocytopenia (complications)