Sparganosis mimicking an orbital myositis

Pisit Preechawat; Anuchit Poonyathalang; Somboon Panyakorn; Paron Dekumyoy

doi:10.3109/01658107.2011.593252

Sparganosis mimicking an orbital myositis

Pisit Preechawat
, Anuchit Poonyathalang
, Somboon Panyakorn
, Paron Dekumyoy

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Abstract

A case is reported of orbital sparganosis (infection by the larvae of tapeworms of Spirometra species). The presentation of the case simulated the clinical syndrome of orbital myositis. The fact that there was no orbital mass, the imaging finding of swollen extraocular muscles, and an initial response to treatment with corticosteroids led to a misdiagnosis of orbital myositis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-221
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neuro-Ophthalmology
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/01658107.2011.593252
Publication status	Published - Aug 2011

Keywords

orbital inflammation
orbital myositis
sparganosis

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