The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report
A 69-year-old woman presented with generalized myasthenia gravis and a left orbital cavernous hemangioma (OCH), which elevated the optic nerve and displaced the external eye muscles. Cyclosporine treatment induced a gradual size reduction in the OCH, and consequently contributed to improved external...
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| author | Shingo Konno Wataru Hagiwara Miyuki Sasaki Akihisa Fuse Tomomi Imamura Masashi Inoue Hisao Kitazono Toshiki Fujioka |
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| description | A 69-year-old woman presented with generalized myasthenia gravis and a left orbital cavernous hemangioma (OCH), which elevated the optic nerve and displaced the external eye muscles. Cyclosporine treatment induced a gradual size reduction in the OCH, and consequently contributed to improved external ocular symptoms in combination with immunosuppressant effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a15b1e1dc9d84162939ed493a878ca122022-12-22T00:50:12ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Neurology1662-680X2014-03-0161889110.1159/000362117362117The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case ReportShingo KonnoWataru HagiwaraMiyuki SasakiAkihisa FuseTomomi ImamuraMasashi InoueHisao KitazonoToshiki FujiokaA 69-year-old woman presented with generalized myasthenia gravis and a left orbital cavernous hemangioma (OCH), which elevated the optic nerve and displaced the external eye muscles. Cyclosporine treatment induced a gradual size reduction in the OCH, and consequently contributed to improved external ocular symptoms in combination with immunosuppressant effects.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/362117External ocular symptomsOrbital cavernous hemangiomaCyclosporineMyasthenia gravis |
| spellingShingle | Shingo Konno Wataru Hagiwara Miyuki Sasaki Akihisa Fuse Tomomi Imamura Masashi Inoue Hisao Kitazono Toshiki Fujioka The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report Case Reports in Neurology External ocular symptoms Orbital cavernous hemangioma Cyclosporine Myasthenia gravis |
| title | The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report |
| title_full | The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report |
| title_short | The Course of Incidental Intraorbital Cavernous Hemangioma in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis Treated with Cyclosporine: A Case Report |
| title_sort | course of incidental intraorbital cavernous hemangioma in a patient with myasthenia gravis treated with cyclosporine a case report |
| topic | External ocular symptoms Orbital cavernous hemangioma Cyclosporine Myasthenia gravis |
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