title: Ocular myositis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. manuscript@clarefraser.com
authors.forename: Clare L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Simon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Skalicky
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gurbaxani
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCluskey
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis; D058447:Eye Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D055622:Orbital Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000175:diagnosis