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Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

We herein report an unusual case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) in a 65-year-old man in whom relapsed disease manifested as an anterior cheek nodule. Magnetic resonance imaging indicated the differential diagnoses of the subcutaneous nodule in the patient's anterior cheek to be infla...

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Autores principales: Hayashi, Makiko, Kaieda, Shinjiro, Kawaguchi, Aya, Tsutsumi, Masahiro, Harada, Yumi, Koga, Takuma, Akiba, Jun, Hoshino, Tomoaki, Ida, Hiroaki
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34853258
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6541-20
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author Hayashi, Makiko
Kaieda, Shinjiro
Kawaguchi, Aya
Tsutsumi, Masahiro
Harada, Yumi
Koga, Takuma
Akiba, Jun
Hoshino, Tomoaki
Ida, Hiroaki
author_facet Hayashi, Makiko
Kaieda, Shinjiro
Kawaguchi, Aya
Tsutsumi, Masahiro
Harada, Yumi
Koga, Takuma
Akiba, Jun
Hoshino, Tomoaki
Ida, Hiroaki
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description We herein report an unusual case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) in a 65-year-old man in whom relapsed disease manifested as an anterior cheek nodule. Magnetic resonance imaging indicated the differential diagnoses of the subcutaneous nodule in the patient's anterior cheek to be inflammatory granulomatous lesions with GPA, malignancy, or infectious disease. A histopathological examination ruled out malignancy and infectious diseases, and necrotizing vasculitis was suspected. The subcutaneous nodule was successfully treated using rituximab, suggesting that it was associated with GPA, secondary to vasculitis. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of such a rare manifestation of GPA.
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spelling pubmed-87103812022-01-25 Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Hayashi, Makiko Kaieda, Shinjiro Kawaguchi, Aya Tsutsumi, Masahiro Harada, Yumi Koga, Takuma Akiba, Jun Hoshino, Tomoaki Ida, Hiroaki Intern Med Case Report We herein report an unusual case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) in a 65-year-old man in whom relapsed disease manifested as an anterior cheek nodule. Magnetic resonance imaging indicated the differential diagnoses of the subcutaneous nodule in the patient's anterior cheek to be inflammatory granulomatous lesions with GPA, malignancy, or infectious disease. A histopathological examination ruled out malignancy and infectious diseases, and necrotizing vasculitis was suspected. The subcutaneous nodule was successfully treated using rituximab, suggesting that it was associated with GPA, secondary to vasculitis. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of such a rare manifestation of GPA. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021-12-01 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8710381/ /pubmed/34853258 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6541-20 Text en Copyright © 2021 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Hayashi, Makiko
Kaieda, Shinjiro
Kawaguchi, Aya
Tsutsumi, Masahiro
Harada, Yumi
Koga, Takuma
Akiba, Jun
Hoshino, Tomoaki
Ida, Hiroaki
Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_full Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_fullStr Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_short Subcutaneous Cheek Nodule Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_sort subcutaneous cheek nodule associated with granulomatosis with polyangiitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34853258
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6541-20
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