Systemic muscular inflammation in a patient with recurrent orbital myositis

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 191-193

  Omori, H ^a   Mitsui, T ^a   Kunishige, M ^a   Endo, I ^a   Takahashi, K ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focal myositis; Localized nodular myositis; Orbital inflammatory pseudotumor; Orbital myositis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 21844470000     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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