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Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:393-396.

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A case of orbital myositis in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is reported herein. To our knowledge, this association has been reported only once previously.¹ We also describe the previously reported ophthalmic manifestations of CSS.

Report of a Case

A 55-year-old woman was referred to our unit with a 1-week history of redness and pain behind the right eye, which worsened on eye movement.

Her medical history included adult-onset, steroid-dependent asthma, diagnosed at 30 years of age and currently stabilized with inhaled corticosteroid use. She also had, from allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps and severe sinus disease requiring repeated surgery. She had been noted to have peripheral blood eosinophilia on several occasions for the last 7 years and had a recurrent rash for the last 4 years involving her trunk and back, responsive to corticosteroid treatment and found to be interstitial granuloma annulare on tissue biopsy results obtained 4 years earlier. A repeated biopsy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Kathryn Billing, MBBS; Raman Malhotra, FRCOphth; Dinesh Selva, FRACS, FRANZCO; Thomas Dodd, FRCPA
Adelaide, Australia

Corresponding author: Dinesh Selva, FRACS, FRANZCO, Oculoplastic and Orbital Clinic, Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia 5000 (e-mail: Awestwoo@mail.rah.sa.gov.au).