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52 year old man with intermittent proptosis
Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 1998
Volume 4, Number 16
March 18, 1998
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Jeffrey T. Finer, M.D., Ph.D. | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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DIAGNOSIS AND DISCUSSION
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Differential Diagnosis
The differential diagnosis of subacute or intermittent proptosis includes:
- Orbital vasculitis: polyarteritis nodosa, Wegener's granulomatosis, temporal arteritis
- Granulomatous disease: sarcoidosis
- Orbital pseudotumor
- Graves' orbitopathy
- Vascular abnormalities: carotid-cavernous sinus fistula, varix
- Orbital tumors: primary, secondary, metastatic
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