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. 2000 Nov;84(11):1318. doi: 10.1136/bjo.84.11.1318f

Idiopathic sclerosing inflammation of the orbit: a new finding of calcification

R ZAKIR, R MANNERS, D ELLISON, S BARKER, M CRICK
PMCID: PMC1723283  PMID: 11203173

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Figure 1  

Restriction of ocular movement in nine positions of gaze.

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Figure 2  

Computed tomography showing (A) calcification in the centre of the right orbit, and (B) bilateral calcification in the lacrimal fossae.

Figure 3  .

Figure 3  

A haematoxylin and eosin stained biopsy sample showing a dense fibrous nodule typical of idiopathic sclerosing inflammation, which is associated with a mass of chronic inflammatory cells, predominantly lymphocytes.


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