Wegener's granulomatosis: unusual presentations

R A Watts

doi:10.12968/hosp.2000.61.4.1313

Wegener's granulomatosis: unusual presentations

Hosp Med. 2000 Apr;61(4):250-3. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.4.1313.

Author

R A Watts¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust.

PMID: 10858801
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.4.1313

Abstract

Wegener's granulomatosis is a necrotizing vasculitis characterized by respiratory tract involvement and focal glomerulonephritis. Rare presentations include abdominal pain as a result of gut involvement, pericarditis, cardiac arteritis and blindness. Detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies should not be used as a substitute for a histological diagnosis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / analysis
Diagnosis, Differential
Gastrointestinal Diseases / etiology
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / classification
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / complications*
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / diagnosis
Heart Diseases / etiology
Humans
Nervous System Diseases / etiology

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic