title: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis confined to lacrimal gland, a case report.
abstract: METHODS
  A 43 year-old woman consulted due to 2 months of swelling on the superolateral side of the left orbit, with pain and erythema. An excisional biopsy was performed that revealed vasculitis with polyangiitis of the lacrimal gland. A systemic study showed that no other system was compromised.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Orbital involvement occurs in up to 60% of patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. The involvement of the lacrimal gland is rare and often unilateral. Serological tests are generally negative, both in initial stages, as in localized forms of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología «Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP», Ciudad de México, México. Electronic address: franzuazo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zuazo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología «Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP», Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología «Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP», Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdala
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología «Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP», Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olvera-Morales
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología «Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP», Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Monroy
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Patología Oftálmica, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México IAP, Hospital «Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes» , Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Reyes
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología «Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP», Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tovilla-Canales
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología «Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP», Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Á
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Nava-Castañeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody; Anticuerpo anti-citoplasma de neutrófilos; Granulomatosis con poliangeítis; Granulomatosis with polyangiitis; Necrotizing vasculitis; Vasculitis necrotizante