Kidney involvement in a Wegener granulomatosis case

Indian J Med Sci. 2012 Sep-Oct;66(9-10):238-40.

Abstract

Wegener Granulomatosis is a systemic Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-associated Vasculitis, affecting small-to-medium vessels. Clinical presentation with simultaneous involvement of kidney and upper and lower respiratory tract is unusual. We report an instructive case of WG, analyzing clinical course, laboratory, and radiological features, kidney, lung, and larynx histological pictures. Besides renal biopsy, nephrology team performed larynx and lung biopsies because of unusual clinical presentation, computed tomography chest examination, and relevant malignancy risk regarding following immunosuppressant therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / blood
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / complications*
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / pathology
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Diseases / etiology*
  • Laryngeal Diseases / pathology
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases / etiology*
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Renal Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Renal Insufficiency / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic