Orbital pseudotumour presenting as orbital cellulitis

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-125

  Anderson, Jack ^a   Thomas, Tamara ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Eye swelling; Orbital; Pseudotumor; Visual change

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT PSEUDOTUMOR; PHOTOPHOBIA; SCLERITIS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 33749338455     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500013610     Document Type: Article

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