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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(2):489-494.
- 안와근염 형태로 나타난 미분화 결체조직질환 1예
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이완수, 김대현, 김현숙
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Departments of 1Internal Medicine and 2Urology, Pohang Saint Mary’s Hospital, Pohang, Korea
- Orbital myositis in a patient with undifferentiated connective tissue disease
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Wan-Soo Lee, Dae-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Sook Kim
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포항성모병원 1내과, 2비뇨기과
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- Abstract
- Orbital myositis is characterized by inflammation of the extraocular muscles. Patients with this condition present with acute or subacute orbital pain, diplopia, conjunctival injection, ptosis, and proptosis. The possibility of orbital myositis should be considered in patients who show extraocular muscle dysfunction1). The common causes of orbital myositis are infection, Graves’ disease, Wegener’s granulomatosis, and autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis2-4). Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) can also cause orbital myositis, albeit very rarely. At present, physicians cannot easily pinpoint the specific autoimmune disease underlying UCTD. In this report, we describe a case of orbital myositis in an 18-year-old woman who presented with UCTD5).
Keywords :Orbital myositis, Undifferentiated connective tissue disease
