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March 16, 2023CureusOpen Access

A Rare Case Report of Periorbital Pseudolymphoma

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Why the study?

The study was conducted to highlight the importance of considering pseudolymphoma as a differential diagnosis in periorbital swelling and to suggest that recurrent angioedema may lead to pseudolymphoma.

Population

A 58-year-old Pakistani female with asymptomatic recurrent right periorbital swelling for three years

Design

Case report

Authors

USUroosa SubhanNANajia AhmedCivil Hospital KarachiTMTariq MalikCivil Hospital Karachi

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Implication

Documents rare orbital pseudolymphoma; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Structured PICO

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Population
58-year-old Pakistani female with hypertension on ACE inhibitor presenting with asymptomatic recurrent right periorbital swelling for three years.
I
Intervention
Intralesional steroid injection (after discontinuation of ACE inhibitor and multiple other therapies)
O
Outcome
Resolution of periorbital swelling

Recurrent ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema should be considered as a possible cause of periorbital pseudolymphoma, which can be effectively treated with intralesional steroids.

Cite This Study

Subhan et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a73ab80d892fb394b279f41https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36270
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