Civit T, Colnat-Coulbois S, Joud A
Département de neurochirurgie, hôpital Central, CHU de Nancy, 29, avenue de Lattre-de-Tassigny, 54000 Nancy, France.
Neurochirurgie. 2010 Apr-Jun;56(2-3):192-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2010.02.029. Epub 2010 Mar 23.
Subacute or chronic orbital inflammation can cause proptosis or painful myositis. It is either primitive or secondary to systemic diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa or Wegener's granulomatosis. Corticosteroids are the basic treatment, allowing biopsy and thus anatomopathological diagnosis. Some authors advocate surgery.