Ujjawal Roy, Koushik Pan, Ajay Panwar, Subrata Chakrabarti
Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, IPGMER, Kolkata 700025, India.
Department of Neurology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, India.
Case Rep Med. 2016;2016:9153625. doi: 10.1155/2016/9153625. Epub 2016 Mar 24.
Wegener's granulomatosis or granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a necrotizing vasculitis affecting both arterioles and venules. The disease is characterized by the classical triad involving acute inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tracts with renal involvement. However, the disease pathology can affect any organ system. This case presents Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with facial nerve palsy as the first manifestation of the disease, which is rarely reported in medical literature.
韦格纳肉芽肿或肉芽肿性多血管炎是一种累及小动脉和小静脉的坏死性血管炎。该疾病的特征是典型的三联征,包括上、下呼吸道的急性炎症并伴有肾脏受累。然而,该疾病的病理可影响任何器官系统。本病例呈现出以面神经麻痹作为该疾病首发表现的韦格纳肉芽肿,这在医学文献中鲜有报道。