Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to David R Jordan.
Wegener granulomatosis has a variety of uncommon initial presentations. Although conjunctival involvement in this condition is rare, the diagnosis of Wegener granulomatosis should be suspected when the conjunctival inflammation is recurrent and not typical of other conjunctival inflammatory conditions.
Porous orbital implant infection is rare. The diagnosis may be delayed as the initial symptoms and signs are not always indicative of implant infection. It is often only with time, a persistence of symptoms and signs, and additional symptoms and signs that implant infection is suspected.
Lung cancer commonly affects middle-aged and elderly smokers. Metastatic disease involving the orbit is uncommon. We report the unusual occurrence of a 25-year-old male nonsmoker with an aggressive form of lung cancer who developed metastatic orbital disease involving the medial rectus.