Granulomatous Inflammation and Fever: Wegener’s Granulomatosis in an Old Female Patient Supposed to be Tuberculosis

Granulomatous Inflammation and Fever: Wegener’s Granulomatosis in an Old Female Patient Supposed to be Tuberculosis

Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a small-medium vessel vasculitis representing renal involvement as glomerulonephritis and granulomatous lesions at lower and/or upper respiratory tract which should be thought to discriminate from granulomatous infections. We present a case of WG in a 78-year old fem...

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Main Authors: Behice KURTARAN, A. Seza İNAL, Hüseyin ÖZER, Neşe SALTOĞLU, Yeşim TAŞOVA, Eren ERKEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2005-12-01
Series:Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Subjects:
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Tuberculosis
Diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2005-10-4-207-210.pdf
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Summary:Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a small-medium vessel vasculitis representing renal involvement as glomerulonephritis and granulomatous lesions at lower and/or upper respiratory tract which should be thought to discriminate from granulomatous infections. We present a case of WG in a 78-year old female patient represented fever, cough and pulmonary nodules which is an uncommon disease should be remembered while making differential diagnosis in patients with fever of unknown origin.
ISSN:1300-932X
1300-932X

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