Retroperitoneal mass in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis
| Autor: | Edward P. Nord, N K Wadhwa, Jasmeet Kaur, Frederick W. Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Flank pain Biopsy Flank Pain Diagnosis Differential Necrosis Predictive Value of Tests Necrotizing Vasculitis medicine Humans In patient Retroperitoneal Neoplasms Retroperitoneal Space Wegener s Retroperitoneal mass medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Nephrology Predictive value of tests business Vasculitis Tomography X-Ray Computed Immunosuppressive Agents |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nephrology. 77(3) |
| ISSN: | 0301-0430 |
| Popis: | 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 patient previously diagnosed with and treated for WG who presented with flank pain and on further imaging was found to have a retroperitoneal mass. A surgical specimen of the tissue revealed multiple foci of necrotizing vasculitis. Consideration should be given to the possibility that mass-like lesions in patients with WG may not be tumors since the management and outcome differ from that of an active vasculitis. |
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