2015, Number 614
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Rev Med Cos Cen 2015; 72 (614)
Pseudotumor de órbita. Reporte de caso en el hospital 'San Rafael de Alajuela'
Maroto JP
Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 41-44
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ABSTRACT
Orbital pseudotumor is
an idiopathic process that
is defined as a tumor-like
inflammation consisting of a
pleomorphic cellular response
and fibrovascular tissue
reaction(5). Reported is a case
of a 51 years-old female patient
with a history of sub acute
visual loss that originally was
treat as Graves´orbitopathy;
however, the clinical evolution
and orbital biopsy confirmed a
case of orbital pseudotumor.
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