title: Idiopathic orbital inflammation associated with panuveitis in an adult and a review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an unusual case of idiopathic orbital inflammation associated with panuveitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a 47-year-old female with a history of uveitis who presented with abrupt and painful prop tosis with complete vision loss unresponsive to antibiotic therapy. B-scan ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging both showed retinal detachment and an orbital space-occupying mass. The patient underwent orbitotomy and the diagnosis of idiopathic orbital inflammation was confirmed by histopathology. Anterior uveitis is rarely seen in idiopathic orbital inflammation in adults. We report for the first time an unusual case of idiopathic orbital inflammation associated with panuveitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inflammation involving both the eye and the orbit is rarely seen in adults. Idiopathic orbital inflammation and panuveitis may share a similar mechanism in this case.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Yungang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Huijing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Huasheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000150:complications*; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000150:complications*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000150:complications