Superior oblique tenosynovitis (Brown's syndrome) as a manifestation of adult Still's disease.
A patient with adult Still's disease developed painful ophthalmoplegia due to inflammatory tenosynovitis of the superior oblique muscle and tendon sheath. Diagnosis was confirmed by computed tomographic scanning and resolution promptly obtained with corticosteroid therapy.
D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*