A Case of Limited Form of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Limited in Maxillary Sinus

[granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (gpa) Limited to Upper Respiratory Tract--a Case Report].

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis) is one of the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic anti-body-associated small vessel vasculitides. Upper and lower respiratory system and kidneys are most commonly affected. The disease is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the respiratory tract and necrotizing vasculitis of small to medium-sized blood vessels. Most patients show in...

Limited-Form Wegener Granulomatosis Case: Anaesthetic Approach and Literature Review.

Wegener granulomatosis (WG) is a kind of vasculitis that affects small and medium-sized arteries. Necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the upper and lower respiratory tracts and necrotizing glomerulonephritis of the kidneys are present. WG affects mainly Caucasian individuals between 15-75 years old, with a mean age of onset of 41 years. It affects both males and females equally. Kidney invo...

An Unusual Presentation of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

The granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis, is a pauci-immune vasculitis involving small- and medium-sized blood vessels. Classically, the patients inflicted with this disease present with a triad of necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of the respiratory tract, cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis, and glomerulonephritis (GN). The antinuclear (ANA) and...

Pseudotumoral form of granulomatosis with polyangiitis

A 65-year-old woman, non-smoker presented with a two-month history of cough. She also complained of arthralgia and weight loss. The clinical examination revealed a febrile patient. The chest radiograph and the scanner revealed right upper lobar mass, with spiculated contours (A, B). Biology showed an inflammatory syndrome. Polymerase chain reaction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and tumor marke...

Subglottic stenosis is a form of limited Wegener's granulomatosis.