[Chronic or subacute orbital inflammation (inflammatory pseudotumors)]. / Inflammation orbitaire subaiguë ou chronique (pseudotumeurs inflammatoires).

ABSTRACT

Subacute or chronic orbital inflammation can cause proptosis or painful myositis. It is either primitive or secondary to systemic diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa or Wegener's granulomatosis. Corticosteroids are the basic treatment, allowing biopsy and thus anatomopathological diagnosis. Some authors advocate surgery.