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Necrotizing myositis in a rectus muscle arising in the setting of long-standing Langerhans cell histiocystosis and recent dabrafenib treatment

Van Landingham, S., D. Puccetti, H. Potter, D. Gamm, E. Diamond, and M. Lucarelli. Necrotizing Myositis in a Rectus Muscle Arising in the Setting of Long-Standing Langerhans Cell Histiocystosis and Recent Dabrafenib Treatment. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 2020, p. PubMed Text.

Abstract

Purpose: to describe an unusual case of necrotizing myositis in a rectus muscle, possibly related to BRAF inhibitor therapy.

Keywords: B-raf inhibitor; Dabrafenib; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Mass; Necrotizing myopathy; Necrotizing myositis; Orbital myositis; Rectus muscle; Sarcoma; braf inhibitor.