Eye
Orbit & optic nerve
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis-orbit
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 March 2015
Minor changes: 24 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis [title] orbit
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Terminology | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Pernick N. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis-orbit. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeorbitwegener.html. Accessed December 3rd, 2021.
Definition / general
- May present initially or secondarily in orbit
Terminology
- Name changed in 2011 (J Am Soc Nephrol 2011;22:587)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Multiple confluent granulomas, vasculitis with thrombosis and tissue necrosis
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
