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Original Source: Epidural spinal tumor and periaortitis as rare complications of Wegener's granulomatosis.
This case report describes findings in a 61-year-old woman who manifested scleritis, small pulmonary nodules, otitis media, periaortitis, and progressive epidural spinal tumor, associated with elevated serum myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA) levels. She was clinically diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis, although vasculitis was not diagnosed due to the lack of typical histological findings. We discuss the differential diagnosis in this patient, and the association of MPO-AN...
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A spinal cord tumor is a noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant) growth in or around the spinal cord. 10 % originate from the cells within the spinal cord; these cause a fluid-filled cavity...
Vasculitis (plural: vasculitides) refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by inflammatory destruction of blood vessels. Vasculitis is primarily due to leukocyte migration...
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Long-term rituximab safe for patients with wegener's
(HealthDay) -- Repeated and prolonged use of rituximab for B-cell depletion to treat relapses or maintain remission is safe and effective in patients with refractory granulomatosis with polyangiitis (...
Wegener's granulomatosis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this inflammatory disease.
Conjunctival granulomatosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis
Conjunctival granulomatosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis Eye advance online publication, January 18 2013. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.299 Authors: S A G Rogers & A...
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Renal vasculitis in 2012: Reclassification and the introduction of biologicals
2012 saw the classification of the systemic vasculitides revised. Genetic studies showed that granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) are different diseases with aber...
Environmental science: Litter bugs leave Arctic legacy
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Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as meningitis.
Background:Wegener's granulomatosis is a rare but well recognised autoimmune necrotising vasculitis. Presentation of disease in the head and neck is common and mostly consists of nasal crusting, block...
A rare presentation of renal Wegener granulomatosis in a child.
We present a rare case of Wegener granulomatosis of the kidney in childhood. The diagnosis was suggested on imaging due to a combination of clinical symptoms, the lack of improvement with antibiotic t...
To create a prognostic tool to quantify the 5-year cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with newly diagnosed Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) without premorbid CV disea...
Retroperitoneal mass in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis.
Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a necrotizing vasculitis that classically involves the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys. Uncommonly, other sites may also be involved. We report on a pat...
Vasculitis is a known cause of pancreatitis and other gastrointestinal symptoms; however, most of these patients have medium vessel vasculitis like polyarteritis nodosa and often there are other assoc...
