what is optical myositis
Orbital myositis: diagnosis and management. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2009; 9(4):316-23 (ISSN: 1534-6315) Orbital myositis is an inflammatory process that primarily involves the extraocular muscles and most commonly affects young adults in the third decade of life, with a female predilection.
Clinical characteristics of orbital myositis include orbital and periorbital pain, ocular movement impairment, diplopia, proptosis, swollen eyelids, and conjunctival hyperemia. The most common presentation is acute and unilateral, which initially responds to systemic corticosteroid therapy.