Pearls & Oy-sters: Vascular EDS presenting with acute proptosis
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A 40-year-old woman presented to the emergency department in December 2010 with acute proptosis of the right eye, periorbital bruising, headache, and vomiting. On the day of presentation, she experienced a “whooshing noise” in her head alongside the severe headache.
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