Bronchocentric granulomatosis with eye involvement.
Bronchocentric granulomatosis is a recently defined entity within the "pulmonary angitis and granulomatosis" group of lung diseases. Unlike the other granulomatoses, extrapulmonary disease has not been encountered with bronchocentric granulomatosis. Therefore, we report a case demonstrating apparent association with scleritis, an uncommon eye disorder often accompanying underlying systemic disease. This introduces a potential source of diagnostic confusion with Wegener's granulomatosis, which can resemble bronchocentric granulomatosis clinically and radiographically, and which has a known association with scleritis.
D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012590:Sclera