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Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 370258, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/370258
Case Report

Atypical Clinical Presentation of Isolated Extraocular Muscle Sarcoid

Wing Lung Alvin So,1 Thomas G. Hardy,1 and Penelope McKelvie2

1Orbital, Plastic and Lacrimal Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, 32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia
2Department of Anatomical Pathology, St Vincent’s Hospital, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia

Received 19 November 2012; Accepted 14 December 2012

Academic Editors: S. Machida and M. Rosner

Copyright © 2012 Wing Lung Alvin So et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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