Idiopathic sclerosing orbital inflammation: two cases presenting with paresthesia

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Jan-Feb;25(1):65-7. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181934624.

Abstract

The authors report 2 patients with idiopathic sclerosing inflammation of the orbit who presented with periorbital paresthesia in the trigeminal nerve distribution. The diagnosis in both cases was confirmed with biopsy and both patients responded to corticosteroid treatment. Although periorbital paresthesia is usually a sign of malignancy, these cases illustrate that it may also occur in patients with sclerosing orbital inflammation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbit / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbit / pathology*
  • Orbital Pseudotumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Orbital Pseudotumor / drug therapy
  • Paresthesia / diagnosis*
  • Paresthesia / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone
  • Sclerosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Triamcinolone Acetonide / therapeutic use
  • Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / drug therapy

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisolone
  • Triamcinolone Acetonide