title: Ocular manifestations of Wegener's granulomatosis in north India.
abstract: Evidence of ocular involvement was found in seven of eleven patients with histologically confirmed Wegener's granulomatosis. Pain (7/7), redness (6/7), scleritis (5/7), reduced visual acuity (5/7), episcleritis (5/7), uveitis (3/7), proptosis, sclerokeratitis and conjunctivitis (2/7) each were the major ophthalmological features. One patient each had bilateral corneoscleral ulcers, eyelid infiltration, scleromalacia perforans and epiphora. Corneal, scleral and uveal tract involvement was observed more frequently than has been described in the literature. These complications responded favourably to treatment with cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids. Treatment was delayed as most of these patients were diagnosed, initially, to be suffering from tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bambery
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sakhuja
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Gangwar
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Deodhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged