Journal Reviews

Bisphosphonates can cause orbital inflammation

1 April 2016 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Bisphosphonate, complication, orbital inflammation, orbital inflammatory syndrome, side effect, zolendronate

The authors describe four patients with bisphosphonate induced orbital inflammation and review a further 25 cases in the literature. Intravenous zoledronate was the most common precipitant (76% of cases) with the mean time until onset of inflammation being three days...