Brown's syndrome: an unusual ocular complication of rheumatoid arthritis.
A 55 year old man with rheumatoid vasculitis and an apparent left inferior oblique palsy is described. This unusual extraocular complication of rheumatoid arthritis probably resulted from a tenosynovitis of the superior oblique tendon sheath, and resolved with steroid treatment.
Cooper
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University Department of Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Kirwan
J R
JR
McGill
N W
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Dieppe
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PA
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications*