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Research conducted at Liverpool Hospital has updated our knowledge about ophthalmology

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 24th, 2008

In this recent study, researchers in Liverpool, Australia conducted a study "To characterise the clinical and pathological features of 24 patients with biopsy proven Idiopathic Orbital Inflammatory Syndrome (IOIS). Retrospective case series."

"The study included 14 men and 10 female patients, ranging in age from 14 to 75 years. The presenting symptoms and signs included pain (14/24), swelling/ mass (19/24), diplopia (9/24), proptosis (15/24), extraocular muscle restriction (13/24), decreased vision (5/24) and ptosis (4/24). Histopathology was varied and included classical orbital pseudotumour (9/24), sclerosing orbital pseudotumour (13/24), vasculitic orbital...

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