Wegener s granulomatosis with acute pericardial tamponade

Wegener s granulomatosis with granulomatous liver involvement.

We report on a patient with biopsy proven systemic Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) with a granulomatous necrotising manifestation of WG in the liver, lung, parotid gland and skin with subsequent death of liver failure. Liver involvement in WG is an exceedingly rare, though potentially fatal, organ manifestation of WG.

Maintaining remission in granulomatosis with polyangiitis ( Wegener ’ s )

Since the introduction of combined immunosuppressive therapy with oral cyclophosphamide (CYC) and glucocorticosteroids in the 1970s, the outcome of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides, for example, in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener`s), improved dramatically. However, the long-term follow-up of patients treated with CYC plus glucocorticosteroids has revealed hi...

Wegener granulomatosis with meningeal involvement.

The clinical, radiographic, and neuropathologic features of the case of a 41-year-old man with Wegener granulomatosis presenting with neurologic symptoms are correlated. CT and MR scans of the head demonstrated extensive meningeal thickening and enhancement. The importance of considering this diagnosis, confirmed by antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies, is emphasized.

Wegener's granulomatosis complicated by pericardial tamponade and renal failure.

Wegener granulomatosis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis): evolving concepts in treatment.

Wegener granulomatosis (WG), the most common of the pulmonary granulomatous vasculitides, typically involves the upper respiratory tract, lower respiratory tract (bronchi and lung), and kidney, with varying degrees of disseminated vasculitis. THE TERM GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS (WEGENER) WAS RECENTLY PROPOSED TO REPLACE THE OLDER TERM, WG. THE TERM GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS CAN BE ...