Granulomatosis with polyangiitis involving the epiglottis
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis involving the epiglottis
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) frequently involves the upper respiratory tracts, but involvement of the epiglottis is extremely rare. This report describes a patient initially presenting with dysphagia and increasing stridor due to epiglottitis. Bronchoscopy showed swelling of the epiglottis with partly whitish nodular lesions, with biopsy specimens showing neutrophil infiltration and n...
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Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2017 1Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Centre for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Assistance PubliqueHôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris Descartes, Paris; 2Department of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France. Lucas Benarous, MD* Benjamin T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respirology Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2051-3380
DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.226