OBJECTIVE Describe the management of subglottic stenosis in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis. MATERIAL AND METHOD Case report. RESULTS We report the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented Wegener granulomatosis and subglottic stenosis, with renal, skin, oropharyngeal, nasal, and paranasal locations. Medical treatment had cured all the locations except the subglottic stenosis. An e...

Wegener granulomatosis (WG) is a life-threatening autoimmune disease of unknown etiology first described in 1936. The classic clinical triad consists of necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of the respiratory tract, necrotizing glomerulonephritis, and systemic vasculitis. Prior to the introduction of modern immunosuppressants, WG was usually fatal due to renal complications. Involvement of th...

month history of intermittent epistaxis. In addition, she reported a sensation of fullness and progressive hearing loss in her left ear over the previous two weeks. Our differential diagnosis for these unexplained symptoms of the upper airway focused on inflammatory diseases or a neoplasm involving the sinonasal tract and nasopharynx. Nasal endoscopy showed friable erythematous and granulomatou...

Author Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Drs Payne, Wells, and Grossniklaus); and Department of Ophthalmology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Srivastava). Correspondence: Dr Grossniklaus, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center, 1365 B Clifton Rd, Room BT428, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Author Contributions: All of the autho...