RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bilateral ocular myositis as a late complication of dermatomyositis.
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 379
OP 381
VO 32
IS 2
A1 Panagiotis Kokotis
A1 Panagiotis Theodossiadis
A1 Christos Bouros
A1 Petros P Sfikakis
YR 2005
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/32/2/379.abstract
AB The association of bilateral ocular myositis with primary inflammatory muscle disease is rare. We describe a 30-year-old man with a 2-month history of eyelid edema, erythema, and orbital pain, occurring in the course of previously undiagnosed and untreated dermatomyositis (DM). Although ocular myositis is a very rare manifestation of DM, it might be overlooked by clinicians who are not aware of this complication.