Spontaneous pneumothorax in Wegener's granulomatosis.

Wegener's granulomatosis with parotid gland involvement and pneumothorax.

OBJECTIVE Wegener's granulomatosis is a systemic vasculitis characterized by necrotizing granulomatous lesions mostly involving the upper and lower respiratory tract. The disease rarely causes parotid gland involvement and pneumothorax. We report a case of Wegener's granulomatosis involving parotid gland, and complicated with a pneumothorax. CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 45-year-old man admitted wi...

Acro-osteolysis and mononeuritis multiplex as a presenting symptom of systemic angiitis of Wegener's type.

Wegener's granulomatosis is a multisystem disorder involving small- and medium-sized vessels, leading to granuloma formation and involvement of upper and lower respiratory tract with or without glomerulonephritis. However, limited forms of angiitis and granulomatosis of the Wegener's type with oligosymptomatic and atypical site involvement are known to occur. We present here a rare case of limi...

Basilar artery occlusion in a young patient with Wegener's granulomatosis.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke is an uncommon sequela of Wegener's granulomatosis, resulting primarily from vasculitic infiltration of small to medium-sized vessels. We describe a young patient with Wegener's granulomatosis and basilar artery occlusion. CASE DESCRIPTION A 26-year-old man with histopathologically confirmed Wegener's granulomatosis suffered a brain stem stroke 24 hours after ope...

Gingival hyperplasia with nifedipine.

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Spontaneous splenic rupture in Wegener's vasculitis.