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Ocular Myositis

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Ocular myositis frequently manifests with orbital pain and diplopia. The diagnosis of ocular myositis falls within the overall classification of idiopathic orbital inflammatory diseases, defined as non-infective non-specific orbital inflammation without identifiable local or systemic causes. Orbital myositis may form part of more widespread systemic inflammatory processes such as Crohn’s disease and the more recently described IgG4-related disease. There is also a broad range of ophthalmic differential diagnoses. Diagnosis, assessment and management of ocular myositis requires the cooperation of ophthalmologists and rheumatologists/immunologists in order to achieve the best patient outcomes. The current literature and avenues of future research are reviewed.

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    Clare L. Fraser, Simon E. Skalicky, Avinash Gurbaxani & Peter McCluskey

  2. c/o Save Sight Institute, Sydney Eye Hospital, 8 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia

    Clare L. Fraser, Simon E. Skalicky, Avinash Gurbaxani & Peter McCluskey

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Fraser, C.L., Skalicky, S.E., Gurbaxani, A. et al. Ocular Myositis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 13, 315–321 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-012-0319-7

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