Wegener’s Granulomatosis presenting as a small saft palate mass

Wegener's Granulomatosis Presenting as a Parapharyngeal Mass.

BACKGROUND Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) is classically characterized by the triad of sinonasal, pulmonary, and renal manifestations. However, a growing body of research has demonstrated that atypical head and neck pathologies including retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal lesions are often the presenting feature of patients found to have WG. CASE This report describes the hospital course of a ...

ENT manifestations of Wegeners granulomatosis.

Wegeners granulomatosis is a necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis with multisystemic involvement. We present two cases of Wegener's presenting with otological manifestations as the first symptom. These symptoms are subtle and diagnosis may be easily overlooked. Hence a high index of suspicion is required. Early diagnosis and treatment goes a long way in improving the outcomes and in preventing ...

Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a disappearing renal mass.

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Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a large solitary cavitary mass.

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis presenting as angioedema.

We describe a patient with severe eyelid and lip angioedema lesions in whom biopsy specimens from angioedematous labial mucosa disclosed features of lymphomatoid granulomatosis. To our knowledge, angioedema lesions with characteristic histological findings of lymphomatoid granulomatosis have not been previously described as a presenting sign of this disease.