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A Case of Wegener's Granulomatosis Presenting as a Diplopia
- Source :
- Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 19:270
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Korean College of Rheumatology, 2012.
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Abstract
- Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a multisystemic granulomatous inflammatory disorder which is presumably caused by an autoimmune response. It typically targets the upper and lower respiratory tract and the kidney. Ocular involvement occurs in 50 to 60% of WG patients. However, orbital myositis and diplopia as a presenting symptom is a rare ocular manifestation. We present the case of a 49-year-old man who was admitted with bilateral diplopia due to orbital myositis under a diagnosis of WG. He was successfully treated with high dose corticosteroid therapy.
- Subjects :
- Wegener s
Diplopia
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures
business.industry
medicine.disease
Dermatology
eye diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Rheumatology
Orbital Myositis
Corticosteroid therapy
Medicine
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
Myositis
Respiratory tract
Inflammatory disorder
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22334718 and 2093940X
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........21f591967dc4ee65bb71a7835d97fd6c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4078/jrd.2012.19.5.270