Biopsy in single extraocular muscle hypertrophy.
Single extraocular muscle hypertrophy is usually caused by an orbital pseudotumour. We present two cases in which unexpectedly a malignancy was diagnosed during work-up of a suspected orbital pseudotumour.
Reyntjens
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Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
De Groot
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Van Marck
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Tassignon
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MJ
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity