Ocular involvement in the respiratory vasculitides.

Abstract

The respiratory vasculitides are idiopathic inflammatory syndromes, characteristically involving the pulmonary vasculature as well as that of several other organ systems. The inflammatory response in these diseases is uniformly granulomatous. There are three distinct, recognized respiratory vasculitides: Wegener's granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatosis and angiitis), and lymphomatoid granulomatosis. Each of these entities may have ophthalmic manifestations, and ocular involvement may, in fact, be the presenting sign. The systemic and ocular manifestations, as well as the differential diagnosis and management of each of these entities are discussed.

• Authors: J B Robin, D J Schanzlin, D M Meisler, V P deLuise, J D Clough
• Journal: Survey of ophthalmology (Surv Ophthalmol) Vol. 30 Issue 2 Pg. 127-40 ( 1985) ISSN: 0039-6257 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3906973 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (therapeutic use)
• Anterior Eye Segment
• Asthma (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Eosinophilia (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Eye Diseases (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Female
• Fever (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (complications, diagnosis, etiology, history)
• Humans
• Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Male
• Nervous System Diseases (complications)
• Orbital Diseases (complications)
• Pulmonary Circulation
• Syndrome
• Vasculitis (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)