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Isolated myositis: A rare presentation of intraorbital ectopic lacrimal gland
Suneetha N, Nirmala V, Thomas Reji, Battu R, Job Raly, Rawoof Abdul This report describes a rare aberrant manifestation of ectopic lacrimal gland and its successful management in a child, who presented with severe systemic symptoms but an almost total absence of local orbital symptoms.
Intraorbital ectopic lacrimal gland is a rare entity and there are few case reports in the medical literature.[1,2,3] Owing to its rarity and location, a clinical diagnosis is hardly ever made. In the case reported here, intraorbital ectopic lacrimal gland tissue was found adjacent to the left lateral rectus muscle, inducing a severe myositis and simulating orbital inflammation.
