Orbital Wegener's granulomatosis: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1333-1336

  Vischio, John A ^a   McCrary, Christine T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Ocular; Ophthalmic; Orbital; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NATEGLINIDE; PREDNISONE; RABEPRAZOLE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 51549117256     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0949-2     Document Type: Article

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