PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. Fischer
AU  - U. Kempkes
AU  - P. Haage
AU  - S. Isenmann
TI  - Recurrent Orbital Myositis Mimicking Sixth Nerve Palsy: Diagnosis with MR Imaging
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A1751
DP  - 2010 Feb 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 275--276
VI  - 31
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/2/275.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/2/275.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2010 Feb 01; 31
AB  - SUMMARY: We present a case with recurrent orbital myositis sequentially affecting both lateral rectus muscles separately. In the first episode, the absence of the required symptoms for the diagnosis of orbital myositis led to the erroneous diagnosis of sixth nerve palsy. Eventually, the correct diagnosis was established with cerebral MR imaging. Orbital myositis should be included in the differential diagnosis of what appears clinically to be abducens palsy, and MR imaging with a focus on the orbita is mandatory in such patients.