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Recovery from Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsy of Wegener’s Granulomatosis with Infliximab

KEITA FUJIKAWA, ATSUSHI KAWAKAMI and KATSUMI EGUCHI
The Journal of Rheumatology July 2008, 35 (7) 1471-1472;
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Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG)-related intracranial involvement is classified into 3 forms: contiguous invasion of granuloma from extracranial sites, remote intracranial granuloma, and central nervous system vasculitis1,2. We describe a case of WG in which the extension of granuloma from extracranial sites of the skull base resulted in refractory multiple cranial nerve palsy that was dramatically resolved by infliximab therapy.

A 42-year-old man had developed bilateral hearing loss and facial nerve palsy since November 2004. Pulmonary nodules were observed and partial resection of the left upper lobe was performed, with a pathological finding of necrotizing vasculitis with granulomatous formation…

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