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Letter to the Editor
Spontaneous arteriovenous malformation of the orbit
  1. RICHARD J HESSE,
  2. VINOD K JINDAL,
  3. NILS MUNGAN
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
  2. Department of Pathology
  3. Department of Ophthalmology
  1. JOHN C SCHARFENBERG
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
  2. Department of Pathology
  3. Department of Ophthalmology
  1. LUIS BERNHARD
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
  2. Department of Pathology
  3. Department of Ophthalmology
  1. Dr Richard J Hesse, Department of Ophthalmology, Ochsner Clinic, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA rhesse.csspo.css{at}ochsner.org

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.84.7.799e

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