Case Report- Wegener's Granulomatosis in a Young Adult Patient

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  • Sameer R Verma
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Wegener's granulomatosis is an uncommon autoimmue disease with multi-system involvement that manifests as vasculitis, granulomatosis and necrosis. While its standard form involves the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys, it may essentially involve any organ. We present a case in a young male adult patient presenting with symptoms of chronic sinusitis having extensive sinosal and nasal disease on initial CT, with detection of lung lesions and renal involvement on further investigations and pathological confirmation by antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positivity and nasal biopsy findings based on radiological and clinical suspicion.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011