RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Extensive intracranial lesions in a case of orbital non-specific granuloma combined with polyarteritis nodosa
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 137
OP 143
DO 10.1136/jcp.16.2.137
VO 16
IS 2
A1 K. E. Åström
A1 S. O. Lidholm
YR 1963
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/16/2/137.abstract
AB A unique case of a non-specific orbital granuloma in a 65-year-old woman is described. Necropsy disclosed extensive spread of the granuloma to the pachy- and leptomeninges as well as elsewhere. There were also signs of generalized polyarteritis nodosa. For five years the patient had severe facial pain and for four years signs of impaired renal function. A psychosis developed two months before her death. Previously she had had infections in the upper respiratory pathways and bilateral episcleritis. The nosology, aetiology, and pathogenesis of the condition are discussed.