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Relapsing–remitting painful ophthalmoplegia due to orbital myositis

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We describe a woman with a long history of relapsing-remitting painful ophthalmoplegia in a seasonal pattern, due to an isolated orbital myositis that was—at our observation–classified in the context of the so-called SAPHO syndrome. She had been previously treated with corticosteroid therapy, but the association with immunosuppressive drugs produced a more prompt resolution of both the headache and ophthalmoplegia, and of the magnetic resonance imaging pictures of isolated myositis as well.

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  1. Departments of Clinical Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Units of Neurology and Neuroradiology, Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy

    E. Guaschino, C. Zandrini, G. Minonzio, A. Mancioli, M. Broggini & G. Bono

  2. U.O. Neurologia, Ospedale di Circolo, Viale Borri 57, I-21100, Varese, Italy

    E. Guaschino

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Guaschino, E., Zandrini, C., Minonzio, G. et al. Relapsing–remitting painful ophthalmoplegia due to orbital myositis. J Headache Pain 6, 471–472 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10194-005-0254-2

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