title: [Bilateral epibulbar rheumatoid nodulosis: case report].
abstract: A 64-year-old woman with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis developed painless bilateral episcleral rheumatoid nodules without any flare-up of her associated disease. Biopsy of the lesions disclosed a lymphocytic and plasmacytic infiltration within the conjunctiva, overlying palisading granulomas with multinucleated giant cells, and central necrobiotic degeneration of the collagen of the episclera and superficial sclera. The rheumatologic designation for the development of groups of nodules in inactive rheumatoid arthritis is rheumatoid nodulosis.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. namirsantos@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Namir Clementino
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Luciene Barbosa
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Virginia Fernandes Moça
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Trevisani
authors.forename: Moacyr Pezzati
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rigueiro
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Freitas
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012218:Rheumatoid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015423:Scleritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D003520:Cyclophosphamide