[Sclerotic inflammation of the orbit and multifocal fibrosclerosis syndrome].
METHODS
A fifty-two-year-old woman consulted our department because of a bilateral proptosis. The appearance of acute symptoms suggestive of a digestive disorder during her admission to hospital for the study of the proptosis, led to a diagnosis of multifocal fibrosclerosis with simultaneous affliction of orbital tissue, mesenteric fat and the brain stem.


CONCLUSIONS
Idiopathic Sclerotic Inflammation of the orbit is a rare pathological entity, with similar clinical and radiological characteristics to orbital pseudo-tumour. The differential diagnosis is important because both these conditions differ in treatment and prognosis.
Mataix
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B
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España. blmataix@yahoo.es
López-Navarrete
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E
López-Domínguez
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M
Angeles
R
R
D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology*; D012598:Sclerosis; D013577:Syndrome