Biopsy in single extraocular muscle hypertrophy
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I Reyntjens1, V De Groot, E Van Marck
1Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
Bulletin De La Societe Belge D'Ophtalmologie
|November 12, 1998
Abstract:
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.
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