Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report

Even in the absence of disease‐specific radiological signs of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), severe intrapulmonary GPA may be present. Rapidly establishing the diagnosis with a confirmatory biopsy is key to initiate lifesaving therapy.

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Yannis, Morawietz, Gabrielle, Ksouri, Hatem, Schefold, Joerg C., Zuercher, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8271247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34267899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4369
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author Ahmad, Yannis
Morawietz, Gabrielle
Ksouri, Hatem
Schefold, Joerg C.
Zuercher, Patrick
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spelling pubmed-82712472021-07-14 Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report Ahmad, Yannis Morawietz, Gabrielle Ksouri, Hatem Schefold, Joerg C. Zuercher, Patrick Clin Case Rep Case Reports Even in the absence of disease‐specific radiological signs of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), severe intrapulmonary GPA may be present. Rapidly establishing the diagnosis with a confirmatory biopsy is key to initiate lifesaving therapy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8271247/ /pubmed/34267899 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4369 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Ahmad, Yannis
Morawietz, Gabrielle
Ksouri, Hatem
Schefold, Joerg C.
Zuercher, Patrick
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report
title Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report
title_full Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report
title_fullStr Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report
title_short Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report
title_sort granulomatosis with polyangiitis (wegener’s) complicated by splenic rupture and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8271247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34267899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4369
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