idiopathic orbital inflammation orbital inflammation of unknown etiology
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult patients presenting to the ophthalmology clinic with signs of (sub) acute infiltration and inflammation of intraorbital structures together with symptoms of eyelidedema, conjunctival injection, chemosis, pain and/or motilitydisturbances.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion of identifiable local causes such as neoplasia, primary infection and systemic diseases like Wegener and Graves'.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prospective case-control study: infectious study: presence/absence of twenty virusses and micro-organisms; genomic study: differential expression of twenty-five proteins involved in inflammation and tissue (re)-generation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| none | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed