Brown's syndrome. An unusual manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Rheum. 1977 Jun;20(5):1080-4. doi: 10.1002/art.1780200507.

Abstract

Two patients presented with an ocular complication of rheumatoid arthritis that was extraocular in location. Clinical manifestations include vertical diplopia, an intermittent nature, a clicking sensation, and apparent inferior oblique palsy. A stenosing tenovaginitis of the superior oblique tendon and its sheath is the probable underlying pathologic mechanism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications*
  • Diplopia / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Oculomotor Muscles
  • Strabismus / etiology*
  • Syndrome