Idiopathic orbital inflammation (IOI) describes a group of benign non-infectious inflammatory
disorders within the orbit. The subtype of IOI includes isolated dacryoadenitis, orbital
myositis, orbital apex syndrome and others [
[1]
]. Typically, IOI presents with a unilateral acute clinical course and bilateral presentation
is rare in adults [
[2]
]. In this report, we present the case of a woman with a history of over 50 years of relapsing–remitting and alternating attacks of orbital pain or painful ophthalmoplegia
due to orbital inflammation, mainly myositis of extraorbital muscles.Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: July 31, 2015
Accepted:
July 30,
2015
Received in revised form:
July 29,
2015
Received:
April 12,
2015
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