Journal article
Three atypical manifestations of Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Lateral medullary syndrome, anterior cheek mass and melting scleritis of eye
Reumatologia, Vol.55(3), pp.145-150
2017
DOI: 10.5114/reum.2017.68915
PMCID: PMC5534510
PMID: 28769139
Abstract
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, formerly Wegener granulomatosis) is a vasculitis with various organ involvement. There have been a few cases of CNS stroke and rare cases of lateral medullary infarction (LMI) as a manifestation of GPA. Also there have been reports of sinuses, nose and laryngeal masses mistakenly referred as carcinomas and subsequently GPA was diagnosed in their pathological reports. Another severe fulminant manifestation can be necrotizing scleritis leading to perforation of sclera. Therefore, here we present some rare and fulminant manifestations of GPA in 3 separate cases for further emphasis of the unusual manifestations of GPA that should always be kept in mind.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Three atypical manifestations of Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Lateral medullary syndrome, anterior cheek mass and melting scleritis of eye
- Creators
- Saeedeh Shenavandeh - Shiraz University of Medical SciencesPeyman Petramfar - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Reumatologia, Vol.55(3), pp.145-150
- DOI
- 10.5114/reum.2017.68915
- PMID
- 28769139
- PMCID
- PMC5534510
- NLM abbreviation
- Reumatologia
- ISSN
- 0034-6233
- eISSN
- 2084-9834
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2017
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9985013727702771
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