An important cause of non-resolving pneumonia

We describe the case of a young patient with a history of non-resolving pneumonia. She was diagnosed with a limited form of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), by percutaneous core needle lung biopsy. In this report, we discuss the definition and clinical implications of limited GPA, treatment o...

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Autores principales: Shoki, Alborz, Gomes, Marcio M., Gupta, Ashish, Kify, Omar, Pakhale, Smita, Mulpuru, Sunita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27482510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.07.001
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description We describe the case of a young patient with a history of non-resolving pneumonia. She was diagnosed with a limited form of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), by percutaneous core needle lung biopsy. In this report, we discuss the definition and clinical implications of limited GPA, treatment options, and highlight the importance of considering vasculitis in the differential diagnosis of non-resolving pneumonia.
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spelling pubmed-49569022016-08-01 An important cause of non-resolving pneumonia Shoki, Alborz Gomes, Marcio M. Gupta, Ashish Kify, Omar Pakhale, Smita Mulpuru, Sunita Respir Med Case Rep Case Report We describe the case of a young patient with a history of non-resolving pneumonia. She was diagnosed with a limited form of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), by percutaneous core needle lung biopsy. In this report, we discuss the definition and clinical implications of limited GPA, treatment options, and highlight the importance of considering vasculitis in the differential diagnosis of non-resolving pneumonia. Elsevier 2016-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4956902/ /pubmed/27482510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.07.001 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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