Radiation therapy for idiopathic orbital myositis: Two case reports and literature review

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 429-431

  Isobe, Koichi ^a   Uno, Takashi ^a   Kawakami, Hiroyuki ^a   Ueno, Naoyuki ^a   Kawata, Tetsuya ^a   Abe, Hideki ^a   Minowa, Katsuyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Shuichi ^a   Ito, Hisao ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic orbital myositis; Radiation therapy; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC ORBITAL MYOSITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 12444265797     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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