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What is orbital myositis?
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Eye muscle disease: Orbital myositis is an inflammatory disease of the eye muscles. It causes weakness of the eye muscles.
Answered 1/2/2015
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Eye problems: Myositis means inflammation of the muscles that you use to move your body. Orbital myositis is an inflammatory process that primarily involves the extraocular muscles and most commonly affects young adults in the third decade of life, females more often than males.
Answered 11/27/2017
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