Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis, is a necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the small and medium vessels involving the upper respiratory tract, lungs, and kidneys. In this case report, we will describe the case of a 60-year-old man who pres...

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Autores principales: Manti, Francesco, Battaglia, Caterina, Pelaia, Corrado, Petullà, Maria, Bertucci, Bernardo, Laganà, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9340142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35923342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.06.074
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author Manti, Francesco
Battaglia, Caterina
Pelaia, Corrado
Petullà, Maria
Bertucci, Bernardo
Laganà, Domenico
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description Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis, is a necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the small and medium vessels involving the upper respiratory tract, lungs, and kidneys. In this case report, we will describe the case of a 60-year-old man who presented to our observation with recurrent episodes of hemoptoe, fever, and mucopurulent sputum. The diagnosis was made by radiological and laboratory tests.
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spelling pubmed-93401422022-08-02 Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis Manti, Francesco Battaglia, Caterina Pelaia, Corrado Petullà, Maria Bertucci, Bernardo Laganà, Domenico Radiol Case Rep Case Report Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis, is a necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the small and medium vessels involving the upper respiratory tract, lungs, and kidneys. In this case report, we will describe the case of a 60-year-old man who presented to our observation with recurrent episodes of hemoptoe, fever, and mucopurulent sputum. The diagnosis was made by radiological and laboratory tests. Elsevier 2022-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9340142/ /pubmed/35923342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.06.074 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://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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Manti, Francesco
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Pelaia, Corrado
Petullà, Maria
Bertucci, Bernardo
Laganà, Domenico
Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
title Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
title_full Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
title_fullStr Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
title_full_unstemmed Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
title_short Migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
title_sort migrant cavitation as primary involvement in a particular case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9340142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35923342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.06.074
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