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  • Title: Ocular manifestations of Wegener's granulomatosis in north India.
    Author: Bambery P, Gupta A, Sakhuja V, Kaur U, Gangwar DN, Jain IS, Deodhar SD.
    Journal: Sarcoidosis; 1988 Sep; 5(2):132-5. PubMed ID: 3227186.
    Abstract:
    Evidence of ocular involvement was found in seven of eleven patients with histologically confirmed Wegener's granulomatosis. Pain (7/7), redness (6/7), scleritis (5/7), reduced visual acuity (5/7), episcleritis (5/7), uveitis (3/7), proptosis, sclerokeratitis and conjunctivitis (2/7) each were the major ophthalmological features. One patient each had bilateral corneoscleral ulcers, eyelid infiltration, scleromalacia perforans and epiphora. Corneal, scleral and uveal tract involvement was observed more frequently than has been described in the literature. These complications responded favourably to treatment with cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids. Treatment was delayed as most of these patients were diagnosed, initially, to be suffering from tuberculosis.
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