Introduction: Cranial nerve palsy in Wegener’s granulomatosis is a curious incident, particularly if it occurs without kidney or lung involvement. In a review of medical articles, only 1 case of Wegener’s granulomatosis with bilateral facial nerve palsy was found. Case Presentation: The patient was a 16-year-old female who presented with pain and hearing ...

Subglottic stenosis is a complication of Wegener’s granulomatosis caused by tracheal tissue damage and scarring. It may occur as a presenting feature of the disease leading to diagnosis, or instead as a late-stage manifestation. Frequently, it occurs or progresses independently of other features of active disease, and sometimes appears while the general disease is in remission under therapy. Th...

Objective. To study the effect of the chimeric monoclonal anti-tumour necrosis factor a (TNF-a) antibody infliximab in the induction of remission in six patients refractory to standard treatment with cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids. In four patients, other measures for treating refractory Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) that have been advocated previously, i.e. intensified cyclophosphamide t...

Episcleritis and scleritis are both inflammatory disorders of the eye may have underlying systemic disorder precipitating them. Therefore a thorough clinical examination laboratory investigations needed to rule them out. Systemic conditions that been associated include rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener’s granulomatosis, vasculitis, lupus erythematosis, sarcoidosis, spondyloarthropathies, tuberculos...

Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is type of crescent-shaped inflammatory damage that occurs in the limbal region of the cornea. PUK is always combined with an epithelial defect and the destruction of the peripheral corneal stroma. PUK may have a connection to systemic conditions, such as long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Wegener granulomatosis (WG...

showed multiple ill-defined increased densities in both lower lung fields. High-resolution computed tomography was then performed and showed ill-defined, wedge-shaped increased densities with patent airways in the posterior subpleural regions of both lower lobes. The computed tomography differential diagnosis was organising pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, Churg–Strauss syndrome, Wegener granulomat...