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Case Report

Two Different Presentations of Orbital Echinococcosis: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

Abbas BagheriDepartment of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Mohammad Reza FallahiDepartment of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
, MD,
Shahin YazdaniDepartment of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
, MD &
Mozhgan. Rezaee KanaviDepartment of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
, MD
Pages 51-56 | Received 15 Aug 2009, Accepted 22 Aug 2009, Published online: 19 Mar 2010

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