Classical Wegener’s as Non Resolving Pneumonia
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A 32 yr old female clinically and radiographically diagnosed as tuberculosis initially not responding to anti tuberculous treatment was later on Diagnosed as classical Wegener’s granulomatosis basing on tissue biopsy, c-ANCA, along with other systemic manifestations posing a diagnostic challenge. *Corresponding author: Pragati Rao D, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, NRI General Hospital, Chinakakani, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, E-mail: [email protected] Received January 27, 2012; Accepted February 28, 2013; Published March 04, 2013 Citation: Pragati Rao D, Kalyani K, Venkateswara Rao P, Sreelatha V (2013) Classical Wegener’s as Non Resolving Pneumonia. J Pulmon Resp Med 3: 141. doi:10.4172/2161-105X.1000141 Copyright: © 2013 Pragati Rao D, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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