Look granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) straight in the face: missed opportunities leading to a delayed diagnosis

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a systemic vasculitis with a potential to involve any organ system. It remains an important cause of kidney related morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis can be difficult and requires high index of suspicion in all patients, but especially in cases with a...

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Autores principales: Rolle, N., Muruganandam, M., Jan, I., Harji, F. M., Harrington, J., Konstantinov, K. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7065353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13317-019-0118-4
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Sumario:Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a systemic vasculitis with a potential to involve any organ system. It remains an important cause of kidney related morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis can be difficult and requires high index of suspicion in all patients, but especially in cases with atypical presentation. We report a case with GPA, which was diagnosed only after new and advancing symptoms belied the original diagnosis of bilateral facial palsy and aortic mural thrombus.

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