FAMILIAL GRANULOMATOUS SYNOVITIS, UVEITIS, AND CRANIAL NEUROPATHIES
FAMILIAL GRANULOMATOUS SYNOVITIS, UVEITIS, AND CRANIAL NEUROPATHIES
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9343(85)90286-4
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
ARNETT, FC
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作者:
JABS, DA;HOUK, JL;ARNETT, FC
A family is presented that had what is believed to be a previously undescribed syndrome of granulomatous synovitis, bilateral recurrent uveitis, and cranial neuropathies. Affected members included the proband, his brother, father and probably the deceased paternal grandmother. Disease onset was in childhood. Each had symmetric, boggy polysynovitis of the hands and wrists, resulting in nearly identical boutonniere deformities. Hand radiography in the proband and his brother revealed no erosions or joint destruction despite more than 20 yr of disease. Synovectomy specimens in the proband and his brother showed granulomatous inflammation with giant cells. Recurrent, nongranulomatous, acute iridocyclitis with visual impairment afflicted the proband, brother and father. Apparently corticosteroid-responsive bilateral neurosensory hearing loss occurred in the proband, and a transient 6th cranial nerve palsy in his brother. All members of the family were antinuclear antibody-, rheumatoid factor- and HLA-B27-negative. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme levels were within normal limits in all family members. The inheritance pattern of this syndrome is most consistent with an autosomal dominant mode.