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Table 1 Published case reports (1976 – 2012) describing orbital myositis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

From: Adalimumab for orbital myositis in a patient with Crohn’s disease who discontinued infliximab: a case report and review of the literature

Study author/ year

Age/ gender

IBD (CD/UC)

Therpay at time of orbital myositis

Diagnostic test confirming orbital myositis

Treatment for orbital myositis

Response to treatment

Follow-up

Bennion/2012 [10]

63 M

UC

Infliximab

CT

Infliximab methylprednisone

Resolved

13 months

Pimentel/2012 [9]

55 F

CD

Sulfasalazine

Gadolinium MRI

Infliximab prednisolone

Resolved

24 months

Hernandez-Garfella/2011 [6]

32 F

CD

Corticosteroids

MRI

Adalimumab

Resolved

36 months

Kondolt/2011 [11]

11 F

CD

None

CT MRI

Corticosteroid

Resolved

Unknown

Bourikas/2010 [7]

35 F

CD

None

MRI

Steroids

Resolved

12 months

Culver/2008 [4]

23 F

CD

Methotrexate Infliximab

Gadolinium MRI

Methylprednisone cyclophosphamide

1 recurrent episode

24 months

Ramahlo/2008 [12]

40 F

CD

Methotrexate 6-mercaptopurine

MRI

Prednisone

Resolved

Unknown

Leibovitch/2005 [8]

44 M

CD

Unknown

CT

Prednisolone oral antibiotics

Resolved

3 months

Macarez/2005 [13]

32 M

UC

Mesalamine

CT MRI

Corticosteroids

Resolved

12 months

Garrity/2004 [14]

34 F

CD

Prednisone

MRI

Infliximab methotrexate

Resolved

27 months

Garrity/2004 [14]

27 F

CD

Prednisone methotrexate 6 MP

Unknown

Infliximab

Resolved

27 months

Maalouf/2001 [15]

48 F

CD

None

CT

Prednisone

1 recurrent episode

96 months

Jain/2001 [16]

43 F

UC

Unknown

MRI

Corticosteroids

1 recurrent episode

8 months

Durno/1997 [17]

12 F

CD

None

MRI

Prednisone

3 recurrent episodes

Unknown

Squires/1992 [18]

20 M

CD

None

CT

Prednisone

1 recurrent episode

Unknown

Smith//1992 [19]

54 F

CD

Unknown

CT

Corticosteroid ileocolonic resection

2 recurrent episodes

12 months

Verbraeken/1984 [20]

38 F

CD

Sulfasalazine

Unknown

Coricosteroids Colectomy

Resolved

2.5 months

Weinstein/1984 [21]

17 F

CD

None

Unknown

Corticosteroids IV antibiotics

Resolved

6 months

Camfield/1982 [22]

15 F

CD

None

Unknown

Corticosteroids oral antibiotics ileocolonic resection

2 recurrent episodes

3 months

Greenstein/1976 [3]

Unknown

CD

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

  1. CT, computerized tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; CD, Crohn’s disease; UC, ulcerative colitis.