title: Management of Uveitis and Scleritis in Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma.
abstract: Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG) is a chronic, progressive non-Langerhans histiocytic granulomatous disease. While case reports describing periorbital involvement of NXG are frequent, only a few case reports describing ocular involvement, such as scleritis and uveitis, exist. Herein, we present a case presenting initially as bilateral anterior and posterior scleritis, as well as a chronic bilateral granulomatous panuveitis, and discuss the immunosuppressant options that should be considered for this disease with protean manifestations.
authors.affiliation: 1 F.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.|2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Dermatology, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haemel
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Rheumatology, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.affiliation: 1 F.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.|2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Nisha R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Acharya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058252:Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015423:Scleritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: necrobiotic xanthogranuloma; scleritis; thalidomide; uveitis